Improvement and upgradation of existing subway at LC No. 70 and 92 near Sardiha & Gidhni station under the jurisdiction of ADEN/JGM.

The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of 'V/N' or 'V' whichever is less; where 'V'= Advertised value of the tender in crores of Rupees and '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-VIB, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

The JV shall satisfy the requirement of "Financial Eligibility" mentioned above. The "financial capacity" of the lead member of JV shall not be less than 51% of the financial eligibility criteria mentioned above. The arithmetic sum of individual "financial capacity" of all the members shall be taken as JV's "financial capacity" to satisfy this requirement. Note: Contractual payment received by a Member in an earlier JV shall be reckoned only to the extent of the concerned member's share in that JV for the purpose of satisfying compliance of the above mentioned financial eligibility criteria in the tender under consideration.

The balance sheet and all other financial documents attested/certified by CAs to substantiate fulfilment of Financial Eligibility Criteria should be with UDIN failing which the offer is likely to be rejected without any further reference.

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.

In case of tenders for composite works (e.g. worksinvolving more than one distinct component, such as CivilEngineering works, S&T works, Electrical works, OHE worksetc. and in the case of major bridges - substructure,superstructure etc.), tenderer must have successfullycompleted or substantially completed any one of thefollowing categories of work(s) during last 07 (seven)years, ending last day of month previous to the one inwhich tender is invited: (i) Three similar works each costingnot less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised valueof each component of tender, or (ii) Two similar works eachcosting not less than the amount equal to 40% ofadvertised value of each component of tender, or (iii) Onesimilar work each costing not less than the amount equal to60% of advertised value of each component of tender. Notefor : Separate completed works of minimum requiredvalues shall also be considered for fulfillment of technicaleligibility criteria for different components. In such cases,what constitutes a component in a composite work shall beclearly pre-defined with estimated tender cost of it, as partof the tender documents without any ambiguity.

To evaluate the technical eligibility of tenderer, only components of work as stipulated in tender documents for evaluation of technical eligibility, shall be considered. The scope of work covered in other remaining components shall be either executed by tenderer himself if he has work experience as mentioned in clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contractor through subcontractor fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract or jointly i.e., partly himself and remaining through subcontractor, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing. However, if required in tender documents by way of Special Conditions, a formal agreement duly notarised, legally enforceable in the court of law, shall be executed by the main contractor with the subcontractor for the component(s) of work proposed to be executed by the subcontractor(s), and shall be submitted along with the 1.1.1 offer for considering subletting of that scope of work towards fulfilment of technical eligibility. Such subcontractor must fulfill technical eligibility criteria as follows: The subcontractor shall have successfully completed at least one work similar to work proposed for subcontract, costing not less than 35% value of work to be subletted, in last 5 years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited through a works contract. Note: for subletting of work costing up to Rs 50 lakh, no previous work experience of subcontractor shall be asked for by the Railway. In case after award of contract or during execution of work it becomes necessary for contractor to change subcontractor, the same shall be done with subcontractor(s) fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing.

Note : Work experience certificate from private individualshall not be considered. However, in addition to workexperience certificates issued by any Govt. Organisation,work experience certificate issued by Public listed companyhaving average annual turnover of Rs 500 crore and abovein last 3 financial years excluding the current financial year,listed on National Stock Exchange or Bombay StockExchange, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior tothe date of closing of tender, shall also be consideredprovided the work experience certificate 1.1.2 has been issued bya person authorized by the Public listed company to issue such certificates. In case tenderer submits work experiencecertificate issued by public listed company, the tenderershall also submit along with work experience certificate,the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, bill wisedetails of payment received duly certified by CharteredAccountant, TDS certificates for all payments received andcopy of final/last bill paid by company in support of abovework experience certificate.

Explanation for Eligibility criteria:

[1] 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. [2] In case a work is started prior to 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, but completed in last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, the completed work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. [3] If a work is physically completed and completion certificate to this extent is issued by the concerned organization but final bill is pending, such work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. [4] In case of completed work, the value of final bill (gross amount) including the PVC amount (if paid) shall be considered 1.2.1 as the completion cost of work. In case final bill is pending, only the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (if paid) shall be considered as the completion cost of work. In case of substantially completed work, the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (if paid), as mentioned in the certificate, shall be considered as the cost of substantially completed work. [5] If a bidder has successfully completed a work as subcontractor and the work experience certificate has been issued for such work to the subcontractor by a Govt. Organization or public listed company as defined in Note for Item 10.1 Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet), the same shall be considered for the purpose of fulfillment of credentials. [6] In case a work is considered similar in nature for fulfillment of technical credentials, the overall cost including the PVC amount (if paid) of that completed work or substantially completed work, shall be considered and no separate evaluation for each component of that work shall be made to decide eligibility.

[7] In case of newly formed partnership firm, the credentials of individual partners from previous propriety firm(s) or dissolved previous partnership firm(s) or split previous partnership firm(s), shall be considered only to the extent of their share in previous entity on the date of dissolution / split and their share in newly formed partnership firm. For example, a partner A had 30% share in previous entity and his share in present partnership firm is 20%. In the present tender under consideration, the credentials of partner A will be considered to the extent of 0.3*0.2*value of the work done in the previous entity. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc. [8] In case of existing partnership firm, if any one or more partners quit the partnership firm, the credentials of remaining partnership firm shall be re-worked out i.e., the quitting partner(s) shall take away his credentials to the extent of his share on 1.2.2 the date of quitting the partnership firm (e.g. in a partnership firm of partners A, B & C having share 30%, 30% & 40% respectively and credentials of Rs 10 crore; in case partner C quits the firm, the credentials of this partnership firm shall remain as Rs 6 crore). For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc. [9] In case of existing partnership firm if any new partner(s) joins the firm without any modification in the name and PAN/TAN no. of the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall get enhanced to the extent of credentials of newly added partner(s) on the same principles as mentioned in item 6 above. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deeds, dissolution/splitting deeds and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm etc.

[10] Any partner in a partnership firm cannot use or claim his credentials in any other firm without leaving the partnership firm i.e., In a partnership firm of A&B partners, A or B partner cannot use credentials of partnership firm of A&B partners in any other partnership firm or propriety firm without leaving partnership firm of A&B partners. [11] In case a partner in a partnership firm is replaced due to succession as per succession law, the proportion of credentials of the previous partner will be passed on to the successor. [12] If the percentage share among partners of a partnership firm is changed, but the partners remain the same, the credentials of the firm before such modification in the share will continue to be considered for the firm as it is without any change in 1.2.3 their value. Further, in case a partner of partnership firm retires without taking away any credentials from the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall remain the same as it is without any change in their value. [13] In a partnership firm "AB" of A&B partners, in case A also works as propriety firm "P" or partner in some other partnership firm "AX", credentials of A in propriety firm "P" or in other partnership firm "AX" earned after the date of becoming a partner of the firm AB shall not be added in partnership firm AB. [14] In case a tenderer is LLP, the credentials of tenderer shall be worked out on above lines similar to a partnership firm. [15] In case company A is merged with company B, then company B would get the credentials of company A also.]

Technical Eligibility Criteria of JV ('a' or 'b' mentioned hereunder):

(a) For Works without composite components : The technical eligibility for the work as per para 10.1 above, shall be satisfied by either the 'JV in its own name & style' or 'Lead member of the JV'. Each other (non-lead) member(s) of JV, who is/ are not satisfying the technical eligibility for the work as per para 10.1 above, shall have technical capacity of minimum 1.3.1 10% of the cost of work i.e., each non-lead member of JV member must have satisfactorily completed or substantially completed during the last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, one similar single work for a minimum of 10% of advertised value of the tender.

(b) For works with composite components : The technical eligibility for major component of work as per para 10.1 above, shall be satisfied by either the 'JV in its own name & style' or 'Lead member of the JV' and technical eligibility for other component(s) of work as per para 10.1 above, shall be satisfied by either the 'JV in its own name & style' or 'any member of the JV'. Each other (non-lead)member(s) of JV, who is/ are not satisfying the technical eligibility for any component of the work as per 1.3.2 para 10.1 above, shall have technical capacity of minimum 10% of the cost of any component of work mentioned in technical eligibility criteria. i.e., each other (nonlead) member of must have satisfactorily completed or substantially completed during the last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, one similar single work for a minimum of 10% of cost of any component of work mentioned in technical eligibility criteria.

Note : a) The Major component of the work for this purpose shall be the component of work having highest value. In cases where value of two or more component of work is same, any one work can be classified as Major component of work. b) Value of a completed work done by a 1.3.3 Member in an earlier JV shall be reckoned only to the extent of the concerned member's share in that JV for the purpose of satisfying his/her compliance to the above mentioned technical eligibility criteria in the tender under consideration.

Defination of Similar Work :- Any civil engineering work.

Compliance with the GST Act, 2017 - Change in para (a) of clause 6, part I of Indian Railway Standard General Conditions of Contract, April'2022.

Before submitting a tender, the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the site and locality of the works, that all conditions liable to be encountered during the execution of the works are taken into account and that the rates he enters in the tender forms are adequate and all inclusive to accord with the provisions in Clause-37 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract for the completion of works to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer.

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.

Contractor shall be liable to pay/refund the amount collected as GST to the Indian Railways along with interest and penalties, if any imposed by the authorities, in case GST input tax credit of Indian Railways is denied/rejected by the tax authortties due to reasons mentioned below but not limited to: Wrong/incorrect invoices issued by Contractor ; No-filing of GST returns; Non- payment of GST collected from Indian Railways to the authorities; Any other non-compliance done by Contractor; General Indemnity: Contractor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indian Railways from and against any and all losses, including loss on account of Input Tax Credit and all losses incurred by the Indian Railways relating to or arising out of or in connection with any actual or threatened claim, legal action, proceedings, prosecution or inquiry by or against the Indian Railways arising out, directly or indirectly, of failure by the contractor to comply with the provisions of GST and related laws, or based upon or arising from any failure by the Contractor. Retention Money: Any payment liable to be paid by Indian Railways to contractor against the goods or services or both supplied by such contractor to Indian Railways shall be kept on hold in case supplier makes any non-compliance of any of the GST law provisions including non-reporting of invoices in GST returns. Such payment shall be released after proper verification of records and availability of ITC to Indian Railways as per provisions of GST Law.

Expenditure will be chargeable to Estimate No. 260/W/KGP/25, Allocation: CAP, PH-30, Project Id- 12.03.30.25.4.52.004

All the bidders / tenderers should ensure that they are GST compliant and their quoted rates are as per GST law.

Tender value is inclusive of GST. Agencies must quote their rates including GST @ 18% (Eighteen percent).

In the instant tender GST is applicable at the rate of 18% for all schedules.

However, inter se ranking will be done on the quoted value including GST applicable on the date of opening.

In case of increase or decrease in GST rate, same will be either paid by railway or recovered from the agency as the case may be.

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.

If necessary, the contractor have to make drawings/designs of the subjected work (or part of work) and have to make it approved from any recognized Govt. college/university/institution and if necessary have to make it signed by Railway officials of his own.

The contractor for carrying out any construction work in West Bengal/Jharkhand must get themselves registered from the Registering Officer under Section-7 of the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 and rules made thereto by the Jharkhand/West Bengal government and submit certificate of registration issued from the Registering Officer of the West Bengal state govt.(labour department). For enactment of this Act, the contractor shall be required to pay cess @ 1% of cost of construction work to be deducted form each bill. Cost of material shall be outside the purview of cess, when supplied under a separate schedule item.

As per latest CE's Circular No. 271, Transparency Board is to be provided at work site by the agency free of cost as per direction of Engineer-In-Charge.

Contractor will be responsible for safety of staff working on site of work. All safety measure will be taken by contractors for movement of traffic during the operation.

On Completion of the work rubbish, unused materials etc. if any should be removed and deposited at nominated place and as directed and the same are to be made neat and clean. No extra will be paid for this.

Necessary materials must be available in the contractor's godown to attend any break down.

Engineering Guide line (Civil) to be followed by the contractor to supervise the work. The contractor also has to provide water meter suitable to delivery pipe of pump as a part of a contract without charging any cost from the Railway.

The non schedule items should be inclusive of all lead, lift, taxes, fabrication, fitting and all other charges if any.

Tenderer/s should furnish their GST Registration No. along with the tender document.

The mode of payment through 'Letter of Credit' for all tenders having advertised value of Rs. 10 lakh and above as per Railway Board's letter No. 2018/CE-I/CT/9, Dtd.04.06.2018 has been followed . Copy attached in document.

The Railway shall not guarantee any provision for supplying electrical power or road approach to the site of work or for granting of block to the FOB or blocks for OHE power or traffic or any other facilities not committed to in the schedule. Granting permission for any of these or others in any as required or demanded by the Agency shall only depend on the feasibility and situation. Therefore the Agency shall not have any claim in this regard.

Medium class sand to be used in the plastering works.

All GI Pipe line works is to be carried out only with the approved brand,medium class as per the I.S.Specification i.e. G.I.pipe of Jindal/Bansal/Tata Brand or other equivalent brand as will be approved by ADEN concerned are to be supplied and used. Meterials should be got confirm to the approval of the Engineer in charge or his authorised representative at site to ensure that only approved brand of pipes are supplied and used by the Contractor. Contractor has to produce the necessary vouchers for procurement of pipes of approved medium varieties and proper accountal of pipes will have to be maintained by I.O.W

The rates are inclusive of all taxes where applicable and other charges as leviable by the State Government/Central Government.

Tenderer has to make his own service Road for carrying materials and equipment's. No separate payment will be made for this purpose. However, Railway will allow to make such Road in the available Railway Land.

All the steel work and fitting materials like M.S plate, M.S.bolts, rivets, service bolts, nuts, washers, electrodes etc. will conform to relevant IS specifications.

All safety measure will be taken by contractors for movement of traffic during the operation.

Scaffolding and staging should be sufficiently strong to take the load of the materials and men required to execute and inspect the works shall be provided by the contractor at his cost.

During progress of work, full safety of traffic has to be ensured by the contractor as directed by Engineer-in-charge.

The rates are inclusive of all taxes where applicable and other charges as leviable by the State Government/central Government.

The work is to be done under the running traffic and live OHE. The Contractor shall take full safety precautions ensuring that no damage is caused to any Railway property . He will be fully responsible for safety working of his own men and machineries. He shall be liable for making good any damages whatsover caused due to negligent working.

The work is to be done very close to the existing foundation/ sub-structure of piers / abutments for excavation below the river bed . No blasting will be permitted . He shall use alternative means to excavate the strata below the river bed in such a way that no heavy vibration are caused. All precautions are to be taken during excavation so as to cause no harm to the existing structure.

There may be some items of the work requiring traffic and OHE block. Railway will make all possible efforts for arranging the traffic/power block. However, the contractor will not have any claim for any idling of his men, materials and machineries in case traffic/ power block are not given.

The work will be executed under supervision of Railway Engineer- in charge or his authorized representative at site.

The contractor will have to execute the work taking necessary precautions for safety of works/Passenger/ traffic etc.

EXTRA SPECIAL CONDITION FOR ROAD WORKS -

The road works shall have to be done with hard stone ballast or chips of approved quality of chandil/pakur/nilgiri variety only.

The work is to be done with all contractors labour and materials including tar, bitumen, boulders, ballast, chips, power driven road roller of 10 tonne capacity and other equipments.

The maintenance period of the above work for a period of Thirty six months from the date of completion and security deposit will only be released after successful completion of the maintenance period.

The road that will be repaired against this contract shall have to be maintenance for a period of Thirty six months from the certified date of completion by the contractors free of cost.Rectification works if any are to be attended within 15 days from the date of issue of notice in this regard. In the event of failure on the part of contractor to comply with the stipulation mentioned above,the damaged portion of the road will be repaired by the Railway and cost of the same will be deducted from the contractors dues without any further notice.

Stone materials of different categories shall have to be stack separately and the mixing of the proportioning of the same is to be done in the presence of Railways representative at site.

No mixing of hot iron plate will be allowed and variation of the same will lead to overall rejection of the concerned item of the work.

The Contractor with the help of his Engineer or Diploma holder , as the case be , shall make necessary Drawings, sketches, plotting, peg markings etc. as desired by the Engineer-in-charge. No extra cost shall be claimed on this account.

The quantities specified in the tender schedule are only approximate and liable to vary.