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Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Railway reserves the right to place bulk /regular order on sources having satisfactory performance of the same items. For being eligible for a regular/developmental order(s), tenderers must have Relevant past performance as defined below: Relevant Past Performance orders: A. Bulk Order: Bulk order will be placed on the firm(s) having proven past performance. The manufacturer must have satisfactory past performance in Indian Railways for supply of tendered item(s) for a minimum 20% of tendered quantity against a single order during the last three completed Financial Years and the part of the current Financial Year up to the date of tender closing. Order date should not be earlier than 01.04.2021. B. Developmental Order: Developmental Order will be placed on firm(s) having proven past performance. The manufacturer must have satisfactory past performance in Indian Railways for supply of tendered item(s) for a for less than 20% of the tendered quantity during the last three completed Financial Years and the part of the current Financial Year up to the date of tender closing. Order date should not be earlier than 01.04.2021. Note: Total Developmental order quantity will not be more than 20% of the net procurable quantity. C. Firms shall submit the supply performance credentials documents such as Third-Party Inspection Certificate/ delivery document/ R Note etc. along with the bid. Non- submission o f such vital documents shall be taken as their not having any such past performance and their offer will be summarily rejected without any back reference. Firm should enclose such documents along with summary statement of their performance .

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Commercial-Compliance

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   Earnest Money Deposit: As per Para 0500 of Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions [Indigenous] version June 2024 issued by the Western Railway (Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions [Indigenous] version June 2024). The Earnest Money Deposit [EMD] shall be deposited by all tenderers subject to following exemptions:- i) Other Railways & Government Departments ii) PSUs owned by the Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them. iii) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor list of RDSO/PUs/CORE for those specific items for which they are on the approved list subject to approval list being valid on the date of tender closing. iv) Vendors registered with Railways for supply of those specific medicines, Medical equipments and consumables for which they are on the approved list shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items. v) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD.KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. vi) Micro and Small Enterprises[MSEs] registered under Udyam registration* valid on the date of Tender Closing will only be considered as MSE *Traders/Distributors/Sole Agents are excluded from exemption from submission of EMD. All vendors exempted from submitting EMD as per Para 0502 , irrespective of type of tender i.e., Single, Limited or Open shall be required to sign a bid securing declaration as per Annexure-3 and upload a scanned copy of the same with their offer. Detailed conditions available at IREPS portal at link https://www.ireps.gov.in/ireps/upload/repository/railway/483/148/public/InstructionstoTenderersandGeneralConditionsofTenderIndigenousVersion14_2.pdf

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   Procurement from (OEMs) manufacturers or authorized agent/dealer: a] Either OEM should quote directly or OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization to its Agent / dealer to quote on their behalf as per proforma attached as Annexure-2. B] The authorized dealer should submit valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer will be liable to be passed over. C] Trader / Authorized dealer should mention name of Manufacturer along with complete address for inspection of material at OEM Premises in line with Para 0400 of Instructions to Tenderers for Electronic Tenders and General Conditions of Tender [Indigenous Purchases ] version June 2024 issued by the Western Railway or latest with all revisions and corrigendums issued before tender closing

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   Security Deposit: SD will be applicable as per para 0600 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. Bank Guarantee: As per proforma given in Annexure-5 of Western Bid Document (Indigenous purchase), Version 14 of June 2024. Note:- Offers from firms not exempted and denying to pay Security Deposit will be summarily rejected.

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   LD for delayed supplies: Recovery of Liquidated Damages shall be levied @ 1/2 % (Half percent) of the value of the delayed stores per week or part of week during which delivery is accepted .The upper limit for recovery of LD in supply contracts shall be 10% of the value of stores delayed, irrespective of delays, unless otherwise specifically provided in the contract.

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   Make in India policy shall be applicable as per para 1800 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version-14 of June 2024. Bidders to submit details of location(s) where local value addition is made. In case no details are furnished, it will be presumed that the indicated works address(es) of manufacturing in India are the location(s) of local value addition.

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   MSE: The purchase preference to MSEs shall be considered as per para 1700 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version-14 of June 2024. Notes:- i) Criteria for classification of Enterprises based on investment and turnover vide Gazette Notification dated 26.06.2020, as amended time to time, issued by the Ministry of MSME is applicable in the tender. In case conditions contained in above notification contradict with any of the tender conditions, conditions contained in above notification, as amended, will prevail. ii) As per extant guidelines an enterprise registered as MSE firm with any other organization under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises shall register itself under UDYAM Registration for getting MSE benefit under this clause. Classification of Enterprise as Micro, Small or Medium Enterprise shall only be considered on the basis of UDYAM Certificate. Vendors claiming to avail benefits and preferential treatment extended to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) must necessarily upload relevant documents with their offer. i. e. complete UDYAM certificate indicating social status of the MSE. iii) MSE benefit will not be applicable for the traders/authorized dealers/agents. iv) Vendors claiming MSE benefits/preferential treatment, despite upward re-classification, must upload document confirming their MSE status within a span of 03 years preceding from the date of closing of the tender, else status of such vendors shall not be considered as MSE.

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   The Warranty/guarantee shall be one year from the date of fitment or 150 Kms of shoulder Screening or 18 months from the date of supply whichever is earlier. In case of premature failure of the components the firm has to replace the failed components free of cost under warranty

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   Land Border Conditions: A bidder from a country which shares a land border with India will be eligible to bid only if the bidder is registered with Competent Authority as specified in Para 1810 and Annexure-7 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. Note:- In compliance of restriction under Rule 144(xi) of GFR-2017, bidders must submit the self declaration certificate as specified in Annexure-8 attached with Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024, reproduced below:- " I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India, I certify that; This bidder is not from such a country. OR If from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. I hereby certify that the bidder fulfils all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered." (Tick whichever is applicable, and also where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached) .

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   Goods and Services Tax (GST): As per clause 0906 of WESTERN RAILWAY Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024 attached with the tender. All tenderers to quote HSN code and corresponding GST rates for the item/items quoted.

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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 also give declaration as below:- " I/We agreed to pass on such additional input tax credit as may become available in future under GST scheme, in respect of all the inputs used in the manufacturing and/or supply of final goods/services on the date of supply by way of reduction in price and advise the purchaser accordingly ".

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    Delivery: The delivery period shall be reckoned from the date of issue of PO /Letter of Advance Acceptance/ Letter of Acceptance as the case may be

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    Delivery is to be made on FOR-Destination basis only adhering to para 2100 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version-14 of June 2024. In case of road delivery, the date of delivery at destination (consignee's end) shall only be treated as date of delivery irrespective of F.O.R. / F.O.T. condition mentioned elsewhere in the contract / tender.

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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.

General Instructions

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   The inter-se ranking of bids will be arrived on FOR Destination basis only.
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   Any unusual conditions quoted in the bid will not be acceptable.
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   Packing & Marking: Firm to mark their name and month/year of manufacturing as per drawing wherever indicated. In case the drawing does not indicate the same, it should be provided at location where it should not affect the use of the item and it should not get obliterated while in use. Firm to note that single use plastic should not be used in packing of material to be supplied otherwise it will be rejected.
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   Collect back scheme for packing waste under SWM: Collection of non-biodegradable solid waste after successful delivery of the product / material from consignee place will be arranged by the supplier.

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   Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.

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   This tender is on firm price basis. No price variation will be acceptable