Supply of ballast in various yards i.c.w. Improvement in various yards ofSSE/P.way/NSS under ADEN/LDH in the jurisdiction of Sr. DEN-I/FZR

Financial Eligibility Criteria:- The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or V which ever 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-VIIB (Standard Tender Document 2022), along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

Technical Eligibility Criteria:- (a) 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: - (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 costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE:-•The Tenderer(s) should submit self-attested copy of work completion certificate indicating that Contractor have completed similar nature of work. •Completion certificate issued by competent authority should mandatorily mention Name of work, name of agency, Contract agreement detail, date of completion, Completed Cost of work, Nature of firm (Partnership/Proprietorship) and details of its constituents, if any, PAN/GSTIN etc so that evaluation may be done accordingly.------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------similar nature of work is "Supply of machine crushed stone ballast for Railways/Highway/Roads".

Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificate issued by any Govt. Organization, work experience certificate issue 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.

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.

Ballast Test Report:- Tenderers shall submit the test report of Impact Value (based on IS: 2386 Pt-IV-1963) abrasion value (base on IS:2386 Pt.- III-1963) and water absorption value (base on IS:2386) from the Railway own laboratories/Govt. laboratories/Govt. owned Engineering Colleges/Government polytechnic/IITs and NITs along with tender, failing which the tender will be summarily rejected. The date of test shall be between the dates of notification of tender & opening of tender.

The Tenderer shall submit self attested copy of PAN Card of the firm.

The Tenderer shall submit self attested copy of Bank details of the firm in the format attached (as per Annexure-XII document section of of this tender. (NOTE: Please note that the bank detail of the firm submitted in the Annexure- XII shall be considered as valid bank account of the firm all transactions till the successful completion of work.)

The Tenderer shall submit self attested copy of the GSTIN certificate as issued against the firm by the Govt. authority mentioning GST No., Name of Firm and Address etc.

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.

The tenderer shall submit along with the tender document, documents in support of his/their claim to fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned in the tender document. Each page of the copy of documents/certificates in support of credentials, submitted by the tenderer, shall be self-attested/digitally signed by the tenderer or authorized representative of the tendering firm. Self attestation shall include signature, stamp and date (on each page). Only those documents which are declared explicitly by the tenderer as "documents supporting the claim of qualifying the laid down eligibility criteria", will be considered for evaluating his/their tender.

The Railway reserves the right to verify all statements, information and documents submitted by the bidder in his tender offer, and the bidder shall, when so required by the Railway, make available all such information, evidence and documents as may be necessary for such verification. Any such verification or lack of such verification, by the railway shall not relieve the bidder of its obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the railway there under.

In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false forged or incorrect after the award of contract, the contract shall be terminated. Bid Security, Performance Guarantee and Security Deposit available with railway shall be forfeited. In addition, other dues of contractor, if any under this contract shall be forfeited and agency shall be banned for doing business for a period of upto five years.

Care in Submission of Tenders: Please refer to clause 3.0 of Northern Railway Standard Tender Document 2022.

Tenderers will examine the various provisions of The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017(CGST)/ Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017(IGST)/ Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017(UTGST)/ respective state's State Goods and Services Tax Act (SGST) also, as notified by Central/State Govt. & as amended from time to time and applicable taxes before bidding. Tenderers will ensure that full benefit of Input Tax Credit (ITC) likely to be availed by them is duly considered while quoting rates.

The successful tenderer who is liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act shall submit GSTIN along with other details required under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act to railway immediately after the award of contract, without which no payment shall be released to the Contractor. The Contractor shall be responsible for deposition of applicable GST to the concerned authority.

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 authority.

Mandatory updation of Labour data on Railway's shramikkalyan portal by Contractor.For details refer clause 5.4 of Northern Railway Standard Tender Document 2022

In addition to General condition of contract 2022 and Indian Railways Unified standard specification Works Materials Volume I II 2010 (revised upto date), special condition attached shall also apply.

The GST Act 2017 will be applicable as per extant policy as notified by Central/State Govt. and as amended from time to time. All the bidders/tenderers should ensure that they are GST compliant and their quoted rates are inclusive of taxes and GST.

The quantities given above are approximate and can be increased/decreased as per extant rules.

During execution of work ensure the quality of Material is to be used as per CE Circular No. 630 circulated vide CE(P&D), L.No. 10-W/O/Policy/Building dt.26/12/2016

No Post Tender correspondence for submission of additional documents shall be entertained after opening of the Technical & Commercial offers. Even suomoto post tender letters of the tenderers shall be treated as NULL & VOID. (Authority HQ Letter No. 74-W/O/Pt.XXV/WA/Loose dated 07.04.15)

The contract will be governed by Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender or as otherwise specified in the tender documents.

Old GCC has been changed and replaced with new General Conditions of Contract-2022, which has been added in tender document. Please go through this new General Condition of Contract-2022 before bidding. In case of any discrepancy, contradiction with regard to GCC (except special condition of contract) in that case GCC- 2022 will be applicable.

All Annexure should be uploaded in Standard format as prescribed in Standard Tendered Document-2022.

Undertakings by Partnership Firm- In case the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) is issued to a partnership firm, the undertakings as per clause 18.9 of Annexure -VIII of Northern Railway Standard Tender Document 2022 shall be furnished by all the partners through a notarized affidavit, before signing of contract agreement.

Fraud & Corrupt Practice: Please refer to clause 3.10 of Northern Railway Standard Tender Document 2022.

Conditional offer and Alternative proposal by Tenderer: Tenderers shall submit offers that fully comply with the requirements of the Tender documents including the conditions of contract, design and specification requirements if any. Conditional offer or alternative offers will not be considered in tender evaluation and will be summarily rejected. The Tenderer shall have no claims in this regard whatsoever. "Any unconditional rebate offered by the tenderer should be mentioned on of 'Schedule of Quantities' specifically. To attract the rebate mentioned each page of schedule may refer the note for the conditional rebate mentioned in the end. Any rebate mentioned at any other place in tender document shall not be considered. The unconditional rebate mentioned in "Scheduled of Quantities" shall be considered while evaluation of bid." mentioned in the end. Any rebate mentioned at any other place in tender document shall not be considered. The unconditional rebate mentioned in "Scheduled of Quantities" shall be considered while evaluation of bid."

Tenderer shall quote his rates ensuring minimum wages criteria with PF, ESI & GST (if applicable) failing which the tender shall be summarily rejected.

In case of partnership firm/JV/LLP an undertaking shall be submitted by all partners/members of the partnership firm/JV/LLP that they are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry/Department of the Govt. of India from participation in tenders / contracts as on the date of submission of bids, either in their individual capacity or in any firm/JV/LLP in which they were / are partners/members. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract.

All Correction slips of General Conditions of Contract (GCC)-April- 2022 and Standard Tender Document (STD)-2022 shall be applicable.

Any legal dispute will be subjected to Firozpur jurisdiction only.