SURFACE PREPARATION, SUPPLY AND APPLICATION OF PAINTS for BLCS Wagon

Supply to be as per tender specific scope of work and terms & conditions.

Bulk Order or entire quantity order shall be placed on firm / firms who has / have executed same or similar type of contract to ICF / RCF / MCF / any Zonal Railway unit against single contract in last 3 calendar years either (i) for value of minimum of Rs.32,96,500/ - or more or (ii) for minimum 20 % of the tendered quantity (i.e.162 coaches/wagons/any Rolling stock) Similar type of contracts shall be PU paint / Alkyd Paint application of Rolling Stock /Coaches / Wagons / Locomotives / MEMU / DEMU / EMU / Metro Coaches. Documentary evidence such as RITES/RDSO/TPI IC / R Notes / Work completion certificate to be attached with the offer for bulk order consideration.

Tenderer to mandatory give the para-wise compliance for the scope of work attached. Bid without response or non-compliance are liable to be passed over

1. EMD shall be 2% of the estimated tender value and shall be taken from all bidders for contract value above Rs. 25 Lakh subject to the applicable exemptions. For details please refer 2.0 Part A of Southern Railway Tender Conditions available under the mentioned link in the tender. 2.Authorized dealers are advised to remit the EMD amount for consideration of the offer.

Bidders are instructed not to indulge in any anti-competitive practices. As per the provisions of Competition Act,2002, Railways can make a reference to the Competition Commission of India for making an enquiry in case of suspected anti-competitive behavior by the bidders. 2) Collusive bidding, Bid Rotation, Bid Suppression, Complementary bidding, Market Allocation and Subcontracting arrangements fall under the purview of "Bid rigging" which would cause appreciable adverse effect on competition. 3) Competition Commission of India can impose heavy penalties such as: Penalty upto 10% of the average turnover for the last three preceding financial years upon each of such enterprises which are parties to bid-rigging and can even order the parties to cease and desist. In cases where cartel formation by the approved sources is suspected or the rates available from approved sources are adjudged unreasonably high, the purchaser reserves the right to place orders on deserving firms outside the approved vendor list, without any restrictions.

Land Border Certificate : Bidder must submit a certificate along with bid for compliance of Office Memorandum of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance dated 23.07.2020. If such certificate given by a bidder whose bid is accepted is found to be false, this would be a ground for immediate termination and further legal action in accordance with law. In case of non submission of the above said certificate by a bidder, such bid is liable to be ignored.

The paint material shall have a shelf life of 12 months from the date of manufacturing. However the firm should have ensured that the material have at least 10 months of shelf life remaining from the date of supply. During this period the material shall have same qualities in all respects.

Warranty : The firm has to provide a warranty of 18 months of painted surface against peeling off or any other damage arising out of the quality of paint or paint application. The contractor is liable for penalty for the failure with in warranty period and the defects must be attended at free of cost.

Man Power deployment by the Contractor a.It is estimated that 20 workers with 1 highly skilled supervisor are to be engaged by the contractor for a completing 05 wagons per day b. Painters with minimum 2 years experience should be employed. Expert Supervisor in painting should be employed so as to ensure safety & quality. c. The supervisor must possess a qualification of diploma holder in engineer. d. The firm has to work day and night to complete the required target in time as instructed by SSE/PAINT/WAS/PITLINE/GOC or nominated railway representative. e.The firm should produce relevant experience certificates of the painters & supervisors to SSE/WAS before commencing the work.

All safety instructions/directions issued by railway administration should be adhered strictly any deviation if observed will be taken-up as per the existing rules. All contract staff should wear uniforms and Personnel protective equipments (PPEs) like safety shoes, helmet, gloves, nose mask, etc. & other special PPEs required for the particular work shall also be ensured by the contractor.

The quantity of each paint items shown in the Annexure 'A' are the optimum quantity required for painting of one BLCS wagon and the firm must supply this quantity to Railways while painting of each BLCS wagons. List of item, quantity & specifications/size/make, colour code etc. are given as indicative and are subject to change in part or whole based on actual requirement.

Measuring instrument Viz. Steel tape, steel rule, Elcometer, Gloss meter etc with required calibration certificate is to be brought in by the contractor throughout the contract.

Sample testing [if required] of all paint items brought by the firm for this work shall be done by the railway Organisation. Only after obtaining the clearance from Railway Organisation the material should be utilized for the work. Railways have the right to test the material during any stage of work.

Penalty i. At any point of time, within the contract period, if the out turn of the contract work is less than the proportionate monthly target [i.e. (monthly average target/No. of working days of that month) x No. of days worked on that month], which shall affect the wagon production target, due to deployment of insufficient contract staff or due to any other reasons attributable to the contractor, the penalty shall be calculated @ 0.5% of the cost of belated work (cost of each wagon), per week or part of week, subject to maximum of 5% of the cost of belated work. ii. In case the wagon is not completed as per the delivery schedule, a penalty of Rs.500/- (Rupees five hundred only) per wagon per day shall be levied on the contractor. However, due to unforeseen reasons, if Railway has not allotted wagon, then no penalty shall be levied on the contractor. iii. If the entire contract staff are absent on any day/days within the contract period without obtaining prior permission, in writing, from AWM or WM/WP/GOC, a penalty of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only) per working day will be imposed on the contractor, till they resume to work. iv. Whenever Railway summons the contractor/his supervisor for a meeting regarding any issue connected with the contract work, the contractor should make it convenient to attend the meeting at the date venue, without fail. If he fails to attend the same, a penalty of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees one thousand only) will be imposed on the contractor per occasion. v. If the supervisor is not available inside the workshop, during working hours to execute the work by their staff, a penalty of Rs.1,000/- per day (Rupees one thousand only) will be levied. vi. Whenever Railway summons the contractor to send contract staff to outstation for attending wagons painting defects due to poor workmanship by contractor, the contractor should arrange necessary contract staff to attend the defects at outstation with necessary tools. lf he fails to arrange his staff within 24 hours, a penalty of Rs.1,500/- per day (Rupees one thousand and five hundred only) for first three days and Rs.2,500/- (Rupees two thousand five hundred only) from fourth day on wards, till the date he arranges necessary contract staff for outstation attention. vii. Powers to impose penalty for poor quality and/or quantity or any deviation from scope is framed as per the following: a.Asst. officers (AWM) up to Rs.1,500/-per case b. Sr. Scale officers (WM) upto Rs.2,500/- per case c. JA Grade (Dy.CME) officer up to Rs.5,000/-per case Additional penalty conditions shall apply as per Clause 1.13 of the Scope of Work.

Latest alterations/amendments from Railways/RDSO/Railway Board etc. with regard to painting and stenciling for all the drawings mentioned in the scope is also to be carried out by the contractor.

During Painting of Each BLCS wagons, if Any Additional Quantity is required during the Execution of painting Work to obtain the necessary finish; the firm should bring the material with Appropriate inspection Clause on their Cost and Arrangement.

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 offers shall be evaluated based on the GST rate as quoted by each bidder and same will be used for determining the inter se ranking. While submitting offer, it shall be the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that they quote correct GST rate and HSN number. Purchaser shall not be responsible for any misclassification of HSN number or incorrect GST rate if quoted by the bidder.

All taxes, freight, packing, forwarding, application cost & other charges should be quoted in numeric only @ financial tabulation. If any make is available, it should be specified.

Goods and Service Tax (GST) shall be applicable as per GST act (Please refer Para 14.0 ( a to h) Part-A of tender condition. INPUT TAX credit benefit if any accrued should be passed on to the purchase as reduction in Basic Price, or else the following certificate should accompany the bill: A) It is certified that no INPUT TAX credit benefit has accrued on materials invoiced/billed for, that can be passed on to Purchaser. B) Firm should submit the Invoice/Bill clearly indicating the appropriate HSN and applicable GST rate thereon duly supported with documentary evidence. C) Firm should also give a declaration that any additional Input Tax Credit benefit, if become available to supplier, the same shall be passed on to purchaser without any undue delay.