High capacity Draft Gear arrangement including Draft gear follower type RF-361 or MK-50

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   (A)This item is reserved to be procured from RDSO approved sources only. Purchaser reserves the right to procure Bulk/regular/entire quantity from approved vendors/sources of nominated vendor/source approving agencies for the tendered item (as available on UVAM only). In case of authorized agent/dealer, tenderer must submit tender specific authorization from Approved sources/Developmental sources. (B) (i) Offers received from tenderers appearing in the Vendor list of nominated Vendor/source approving agencies for tendered item (as available on UVAM only) as 'Vendors for Developmental Orders' shall be considered eligible for Developmental Orders up to 20 percent of net procurable quantity (NPQ). (ii) It is re-iterated that Developmental Vendors are only such vendors which are listed as developmental vendors on UVAM without any condition. (Authority: Railway Board's letter no. 2021/RS(G)/779/7 Dated 09.05.2025). (C) Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved Vendor for a particular item, developmental vendors can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of item, outstanding order load etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner, subject to rates being reasonable. In such cases, the purchaser reserves the right to split the order quantity between one or more firms and Para 25.2 of Instruction to tenderers and General Conditions of tenders for supply contract [for indigenous tenders] shall be applicable. Such orders shall be treated as bulk orders. Indian Supplier shall be defined as follows: A supplier or bidder shall be considered to be from India if (i) the entity is incorporated in India, or ii) a majority of its shareholding India, or ii) a majority of its shareholding or effective control of the entity is exercised from India, or iii) more than 50% of the value of the item being supplied has been added in India. (D) The status of the vendor (i.e. approved or developmental vendor) shall be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter. However, cases of downgrading/removal/ suspension/ banning etc., after opening of tender, shall be taken into account while considering the offers. (E) The firms/tenderers who are not appearing in UVAM as Approved/Developmental Vendors of nominated vendor/source approving agencies will not be considered for ordering. However, such firms willing to participate, are advised to approach the concerned Vendor Approving agency for getting their name registered as approved/developmental vendor in the vendor directory maintained in UVAM .

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   In Keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, as amended, it has been found that there is sufficient local capacity and competition in supply of the tendered item of required quality and therefore public procurement of the item is restricted to Class I local suppliers only and the vendors who do not qualify to be Class I local suppliers should not quote in the tender as their offers shall not be considered for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a Class I local supplier for the tendered item participates in the tender it does so at its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.

Commercial-Compliance

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   Certificate for Compliance of OM of MoF dated 23/07/2021 Regarding land border Sharing Countries: 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 this bidder fulfills all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered for procurement. [Where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached.].

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   I/We have carefully gone through the IRS conditions of contract (included and uploaded along with the bid document) particularly Para 2500 pertaining to Code of Integrity, Misdemeanor and Penalties. I/We hereby certify that no other concerns or affiliates (such as having common partner/director/promoter/owner/ holding company decision control etc.) have participated in this tender which can give rise to a conflict of interest or fall under anti-competitive practices. We understand that the offers of all such sister concerns including ours are liable to be rejected as per relevant provisions of IRS terms and conditions. I/We, affirm that we shall abide by the Code of Integrity in general, with specific reference to conflict of interest [Para 2502 (e)], anti- competitive practices [Para 2502(c) ] and obligation to proactive disclosures [ Para 2503]. I/We understand that we are fully responsible for the above declaration and it shall not be the Railways responsibility to verify the same. I/We are aware that we shall be liable for all consequences of violation of Code of Integrity, if detected, at any stage.

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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.

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General Instructions

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   IRS Condition of Contract for Contracts uploaded on 11/09/2025 and "Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions of Tenders for Supply Contract-24" uploaded on 08/12/2025 will be applicable. These documents can be accessed/viewed on IREPS website Home Page (www.ireps.gov.in) through the link "Public Documents- Goods &Service" for organization-"Indian Railway", Zone- "North Central Railway", Department- "Stores", under Admin unit- "NCR HQ".

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   Validity of offer: -Offer shall be kept valid for acceptance for a minimum period as specified in tender schedule from the date of opening of tender. In case a tenderer quotes shorter validity period, the offer shall be considered as unresponsive and would be summarily rejected.

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   "Bidders are reminded to carefully go through IRS Conditions of Contract (included and uploaded along with the bid document) particularly those pertaining to "Code of Integrity, Misdemeanor and Penal measures". If two or more bidders are found to be sister concerns or affiliates (having common partner / directorpromoterlowner/ holding company decision control etc.) the offers of all such sister concerns are liable to be rejected as per relevant provisions of IRS terms and condition." They are therefore earnestly urged to refrain from committing violation of code of integrity in general and conflict of interest and anti competitive practices."