TRD related work in connection to the work of " Utility shifting for construction of ROB at Railway Km 214.954 in liu of LC No. RV-172 at Railway KM 215/5-7 on NH- 201(Chainage 176km) near Kesinga between Kesinga-Titlagarh station in Titlagarh-Theruvali section under sambalpur Division".

LICENCE:-Tenderer should have valid HT (33KV) electrical contractor'slicense issued by state/central govt. Supporting documents self-attestedshould be submitted along with tender papers. The tenderer has to also upload the HT supervisory license if the contractor license is not reflecting as HT. If tenderer do not uploadvalid HT(33KV) electrical contractors license, the same offer of tendererwill be summarily rejected.

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

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

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 work or final payment of the contract, the master copy available with the railway Administration shall be final and binding upon me/us.

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.

I/We also understand that my/our offer will be evaluated based on the documents/credentials submitted along with the offer and same shall be binding upon me/us.

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.

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.

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 Bid Security 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.

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 Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

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)

Should a tenderer or Contractor being an individual, have member(s) of his family or in the case of partnership firm/ company / joint venture (JV) / registered society / registered trust etc. one or more of his partner(s)/shareholder(s) or member(s) of the family of partner(s)/shareholder(s) having share of more than 1%in the tendering entity employed in gazetted capacity in the Engineering or any other department of the railway, then the tenderer at the time of submission of tender, will inform the authority inviting tenders the details of such persons. Format for the bidder to submit is prscribed at Annexure-2. Non submission of the format shall result summarily rejection of his/her bid. ( Click here to download Format)

Should a tenderer i) be a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, whether in the executive or administrative capacity or whether holding a pensionable post or not, in the Engineering or any other department of any of the Railways owned and administered by the president of India for the time being, OR ii) being partnership firm/joint venture(JV)/registered society/registered trust etc. have as one of its partners/members a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, OR iii) being an incorporated company have any such retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement as one of its directors AND incase where such Engineer or officer had not retired from government service at least 1 year prior to the date of submission of the tender THEN the tenderer will give full information as to the date of retirement of such Engineer or gazetted officer from the said service and as to whether permission for taking such contract, or if the Contractor be a partnership firm or an incorporated company, to become a partner or director as the case may be, has been obtained bythe tenderer or the Engineer or officer, as the case may be from the President of India or any officer, duly authorized by him in this behalf, shall be clearly stated in writing at the time of submitting the tender.Annexure-1 of the tender document tobe uploaded otherwise the offer will be summarily rejected. ( Click here to download Format)

(i)The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on hisown(Proprietary Firm) or on behalf ofa Partnership Firm / Company / JointVenture(JV) / Registered Society / RegisteredTrust / Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern,and copy of PAN Card along with their tender.Tender Documents in such cases are to besigned by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm,company, association, trust orsociety, as the case may be. (ii)The Other documents to be submitted in supportof the above asper Clause No. 14 (ii) ofGCC-2022. (iii) If it is NOT mentioned in the submitted tender that tender is beings ubmitted on behalf of a Sole Proprietorshipfirm / Partnership firm / JointVenture/Registered Company etc., then the tender shall be treated as having been submitted by the individual who has signed the tender. (iv) After opening of the tender, any document pertaining to the constitution of Sole Proprietorship Firm /Partnership Firm /Registered Company/ Registered Trust/Registered Society / HUF/LLP etc. shall be neither asked nor considered, if submitted.Further, no suo-moto cognizance of any document available inpublic domain (i.e.,on internet etc.) or in Railway's record/officefiles etc. will be taken for consideration of the tender, if no such mention is available in tender offer submitted. (v) A tender from JV shall be considered only where permissible as per the tender conditions. (vi) The Railway will not be bound by any change of power of attorney or in the composition of the firm made subsequent to the submission of tender. Railway may, however,recognize such power ofattorney and changes after obtaining proper legal advice, the cost of which will be chargeable to the Contractor.

The tenderer whether sole proprietor / acompany or a partnership firm /registered society / registered trust / HUF / LLP etc. if they want to act through agent or individual partner(s),should submit along with the tender, a copy of power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of thespecific person whether he/they bepartner(s) of the firm or any other person,specifically authorizing him/them to signthe tender, submit the tender and further todeal with the Tender/ Contract up to the stage of signing the agreement except incase where such specific person is authorized for above purposes through a provision made in the partnership deed / Memorandum of Understanding /Article of Association /Boardresolution,failing which tender shall be he/they bepartner(s) of the firm or any other person,shall be submitted after award of work,specifically authorizing him/them to deal withall other contractual activities subsequent to signing of agreement, if required. Note: A Power of Attorney executed and issued overseas, the document will also have to be legalized by the Indian Embassy and notarized in the jurisdiction where the Power of Attorney is being issued.However, the Power of Attorney provided by Bidders from countries that have signed the Hague Legislation Convention 1961 are not required to be legalized by the Indian Embassy if it carries a conforming Appostille certificate. The tenderer should have to submit Powerof Attorneyalong with his offer stated above.

The tenderer shall produce a statementalong with the bidasfollows: "No retiredEngineer (retired within one year priortothedate of submission of tender) orretiredgazetted officer(retired within oneyear prior to the date ofsubmission oftender)of Railways is associated with thetenderer".Standardformat of the statement to besubmitted bythe bidder isenclosed asannexure-A. Non upload ofthe statement bythebidder shall result in summarilyrejectionof his/their bid. ( Click here to download Format)

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 should upload GST registration certificate and PAN card.

For all tenders having advertised cost of Rs. 10 lakh or above, the contractor shall have to submit the option to take payment from Railways through a letter or credit (LC arrangement. The tenderer shall affirm having read over and agreed to the terms and condition of the LC option. The option of taking payment through LC arrangement, once exercised by tenderer at the time of bidding, shall be final and no change shall be permitted, therafter, during execution of contract (The tenderer have to submit the option take payment fro Railway through a Letter of Credit arrangement).

The tenderer should upload the bank details i.e. Name of Bank along with Bank Branch Code, Account Number as appearing in the cheque book, IFSC Code and PAN Number, dully certified by the Authorized official of of the bank to facilitate payment through ECS/NEFT/RTGS. In lieu of the bank certificate photocopy /scanned copy of a cancelled cheque and PAN card may be attached for verification of the above particular, otherwise the offer of the tenderer will be summarily rejected.

E-tender have been invited for and on behalf of the President of India through website www.ireps.gov.in for the work mentioned against the tender notice number available in the website. Tenderers are to bid online only in the above mentioned website. All Mandatory fields have to be filled in by the tenderer. No Manual offer is acceptable against this tender. No Tender document in hard copy will be sold against this tender. Please read the Instructions to Tenderers for e-tendering, General Conditions of Contract, Special Condition of Contract before filling the e-tender through online

E-Tender forms are not transferable and the same is to be submitted with digital signature by the Tenderer already registered with the site.

The submitted e-tender forms will be considered as digitally signed by the tenderer as a confirmation from the tenderer that the tenderer has read, agreed and accepted all the conditions and laid down documents as well as Schedule of Tender, General and Special Conditions.

NIT PERIOD IS SPLITTED AS UNDER-

Advertisement period- Time during which all information 3.1.1 pertaining to tender shall be available BUT OFFERS CAN NOT BE SUBMITTED

Offer Submission Period - 15 (Fifteen) days prior to opening of tender during which TENDERERS CAN SUBMIT THEIR OFFER

The tender offer complete in all respect and with all documents is to be submitted online by e-tendering process through the website www.ireps.gov.in before the closing time/date of this tender as mentioned in the NIT (Notice Inviting Tender). Tenderer can revise the bids any number of times till the closing time/date of the tender. No manual offers shall be accepted.

The administration will not own any responsibility, if website is not opened for downloading/uploading the tender documents due to any technical snag.

False/incomplete statement: Any statement / declaration made by the tenderer while uploading tender or submitted later as specifically required in the tender, if proved wrong or false or incomplete or such as to withhold any information relevant to the award of the tender, at any stage of the tender or in the event of his tender having been accepted, at any stage the contract, shall render his/their tender(s)/contract(s) liable to be cancelled/rescinded, in addition to the following:

If such statement is found at the tender stage, his total Earnest Money / Bid Security shall be forfeited.

In case such a statement is found at the contract stage, the 4.2.2 conditions/rights available to the Railways under Clause 62 of the G.C.C. shall be applicable.

In addition to above, action of banning of business may also be taken against such tenderers including prosecution under law.

If the tenderer(s) deliberately gives / give wrong information in his/their tender or creates/create circumstances for the acceptance of his/their tender, the Railway reserves the right to reject such tender at any stage.

The Railway may, of its own or in response to any clarification requested/suggested by any person including that from the tenderer, may modify this tender document at its sole discretion at least 15 days before the due date of closing of the tender as corrigendum.

This document is the Standard Tender Document which consists of the Instruction to the Tenderers, NIT (Notice Inviting Tender), Indian railway standard General Conditions of contract, Additional Special conditions of the tender, Tender schedules, Specifications of the works & various Annexure etc. All the above mentioned documents taken together if not scored off, shall constitute the complete tender document hereafter referred to as Tender Document & have to be read together & acted upon accordingly. No part of the tender document can be relied upon or acted upon in isolation.

In case of any problem with the portal is faced while filling the e- tender, Tenderers are advised to contact with the Helpdesk of IREPS portal who will render all help and assistance related with the website and portal except that related with the details of the tender. Railway will not take any responsibility for non- participation in the e-tender online for the reasons related to the website and portal or server etc beyond the control of railways.

Railway and the IREPS website will not take the responsibility for any online payment made by the tenderer and debited from his/their account towards the tender cost or Earnest Money due to wrong or mis manipulation or any reasons related with the IT or found unsuitable for the tender etc. In this regard Railway and IREPS website will not entertain any claim or refund the paid amount.

Opening of Tender

Opening of e-tender online:- The e-tenders will be opened online using the IREPS portal. No representative is required to be present for opening of tender and taking notes of rates quoted and ranking as the complete details of rates etc. of all the bidders shall be available to the bidders in the website after the opening of the tender.

In case the date of closing mentioned in the Notice Inviting Tender is declared a holiday /bandh/strike etc. on any account, the date of closing tender online will not be changed as the application in the website of IREPS does not permit submission of any offer after closing date and time of the tender. However, opening of tenders online will be on any convenient day after the closing date/time of tenders

The railway and the website will have no responsibility for incorrect evaluation of cost and thereby incorrect cost of work and ranking of tenders. If the schedule is not filled in correctly and unambiguously for each item. No claim or clarification of a tender regarding applicability, inclusion or exclusion of any element of tax or duty or any other change in the offer subsequently (after opening of the tender) will be entertained, for this the tenders are advised to read the instructions, General Conditions, Special Conditions and other instructions carefully before submission of 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.

No post tender correspondence shall be entertained after closing of tender even suo- moto post tender letters of the tenderers shall be treated as null/void.