Cleaning of major components of electric locomotives at KGPE shed.

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, 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. NOTE: Inclusion of Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN): "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."

All other explanation for eligibility criteria shall be as per relevant clause of IRS - GCC 2022 along with all correction slips & amendments.

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

DEFINATION OF SIMILAR NATURE OF WORK : "Cleaning or Washing" of "Filter/Radiator/Equipment/Loco body/Loco Cab/Machine Room" of "Electric Loco/Diesel Loco/EMU/DMU" on "Indian Railway/Govt. Organization/Public Sector Undertaking."

All other explanation for eligibility criteria shall be as per relevant clause of IRS - GCC 2022 along with all correction slips & amendments.

Bid Security: (a) The tenderer shall be required to submit the Bid Security with the tender for the due performance with the stipulation to keep the offer open till such date as specified in the tender, under the conditions of tender. The Bid Security shall be as under: Value of the Work: Bid Security, For all works: 2% of the estimated cost of the work. Note: (i) The Bid Security shall be rounded off to the nearest 100. This Bid Security shall be applicable for all modes of tendering. (ii) Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security detailed above. (iii) Labour Cooperative Societies shall submit only 50% of above Bid Security detailed above. (b) It shall be understood that the tender documents have been issued to the tenderer and the tenderer is permitted to tender in consideration of stipulation on his part, that after submitting his tender he will not resile from his offer or modify the terms and conditions thereof in a manner not acceptable to the Engineer. Should the tenderer fail to observe or comply with the said stipulation, the aforesaid amount shall be liable to be forfeited to the Railway. (c) If his tender is accepted, this Bid Security mentioned in sub para (a) above will be retained as part security for the due and faithful fulfillment of the contract in terms of Clause 16 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract. The Bid Security of other Tenderers shall, save as herein before provided, be returned to them, but the Railway shall not be responsible for any loss or depreciation that may happen thereto while in their possession, nor be liable to pay interest thereon.

The Bid Security shall be deposited either in cash through epayment gateway or submitted as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure VI(A) and shall be valid for a period of 90 days beyond the bid validity period.

In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, following shall be ensured: (i). A scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee shall be uploaded on e Procurement Portal (IREPS) while applying to the tender. (ii). The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the official nominated as indicated in the tender document before closingdate for submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids). (iii). Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee with the bid on e-tendering portal (IREPS) and/or non submission of original Bank guarantee within the specified period shall lead to summary rejection of bid. (iv). TheTender Security shall remain valid for a period of 90 days beyond the validity period for the Tender. (v). The details of the BG, physically submitted should match with the details available in the scanned copy and the data entered during bid submission time, failing which the bid will be rejected (vi). The Bank Guarantee shall be placed in an envelope, which shall be sealed.The envelope shall clearly bear the identification "Bid for the***** Project" and shall clearly indicate the name and address ofthe Bidder. In addition, the Bid Due Date should be indicated on the right hand top corner of the envelope. (vii). The envelope shall be addressed to the officer and address as mentioned in the tender document. (viii). If the envelope is not sealed and marked as instructed above, the Authority assumes no responsibility for the misplacement or premature opening of the contents of the Bid submitted and consequent losses, if any, suffered by the Bidder.

Tenderer must have GST registration certificate. Copy of GSTregistration certificate should be submitted.

Tenderer have to submit Attested photocopy of PAN Card.

The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own (Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / Company / Joint Venture (JV) / RegisteredSociety / Registered Trust / 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 be signed by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm, company, association, trust or society, as the case may be. Attested Photostat copies of documents like partnership deed, Articles and Memorandum of Association, Certificate ofIncorporation, A copy of Authorization / Power of Attorney issuedby the Company (backed by the resolution of Board of Directors) in favour of the individual to sign the tender on behalf of the company and etc., as mentioned at Para 14 of Tender Form(Second Sheet) - Annexure I (Contd....) of GCC April 2022 to be uploaded along with the offer.

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.

Scope of Work and Special Terms & Conditions (Annexure - 1), GST compliance Form (Annexure - 2), Mandate Form (Annexure - 3), Rly Bd's Letter No. 2018/CE-I/CT/9 dtd.04.06.2018 (Annexure - 4), Indian Railway Standard General Conditions of Contract GCC April 2022 (Annexure - 5), Advance Correction Slips of GCC April 2022 (Annexure - 6), Format for Bank Guarantee (PG) (Annexure- 7), Tender Form (First Sheet) - Annexure - I and Tender Form Second Sheet - Annexure - I (Contd...) of GCC April 2022 , Bid security Annexure - VI (A) of GCC April 2022, Annual Contractual Turnover Data - Annexure - VIB of GCC April 2022 & Annexure - XVII for Insurance Surety Bond for Performance Security are uploaded in Document Section of this tender.

The tenderer whose tender is accepted shall be required to appear in person at the office of the Sr.DME/TRS/KGP or if a Contractor or corporation, a duly authorized representative shall so appear and execute the contract documents accordingly after notice that the contract has been awarded to him. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of the agreement affected by the acceptance of the tender in which case the matter will be treated as per bid security declaration.

In the event of any tenderer whose tender is accepted shall refuse to execute the contract documents as herein before provided, the Railway may determine that such tenderer has abandoned the contract and there upon his tender and acceptance thereof shall be treated as cancelled.

The successful tenderer/s shall be required to execute an Agreement with the President of India acting through the Sr.DME/TRS/KGP for carrying out the work according to the General Conditions of contract and standard specifications for works and materials of the General condition of contract April2022, of S. E. Railway with relevant up to date correction slips.

Performance Guarantee:

The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee (PG) amounting to 5% of the original contract value and additional performance guarantee as per clause 16(4)(h) of part- II of GCC'22 in any of the following forms: (i) A deposit of Cash; (ii) Irrevocable Bank Guarantee; (iii) Insurance Surety Bond as per Annexure-XVII Note: In case of extension of Date of completion, selected bidder needs to submit extended Insurance Surety Bond/Fresh Insurance Surety Bond/fresh Performance Security, in any form as given above, before expiry of existing Insurance Surety Bond. (iv) Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5% below the market value; (v) Pay order and Demand Drafts tendered by any Schedule Commercial Bank of India; (vi) Guarantee Bonds executed or Deposits Receipts tendered by all Scheduled Commercial Bank of India; (vii) Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank; (viii) Deposit in the National Savings Certificates; (ix) Twelve years National Defence Certificates; (x) Ten years Defence Deposits; (xi) National Defence Bonds and (xi) Unit Trust Certificates at 5% below market value or at the face value whichever is less. Also, FDR in favour of FA&CAO (free from any encumbrance) may be accepted.

The successful bidder shall have to submit a Performance Guarantee (PG) within 21 (Twenty one) days from the date of issue of Letter of Acceptance (LOA). Extension of time for submission of PG beyond 21 (Twenty one) days and upto 60 days from the date of issue of LOA may be given by the Authority who is competent to sign the contract agreement. However, a penal interest of 12% per annum shall be charged for the delay beyond 21(Twenty one) days, i.e. from 22nd day after the date of issue of LOA. Further, if the 60th day happens to be a declared holiday in the concerned office of the Railway, submission of PG can be accepted on the next working day. In all other cases, if the Contractor fails to submit the requisite PG even after 60 days from the date of issue of LOA, the contract is liable to be terminated. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in re- tender for that work.

The Performance Guarantee shall be submitted by the successful bidder after the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) has been issued, but before signing of the contract agreement. This P.G. shall be initially valid upto the stipulated date of completion plus 60 days beyond that. In case, the time for completion of work gets extended, the Contractor shall get the validity of P.G. extended to cover such extended time for completion of work plus 60 days.

The value of PG to be submitted by the Contractor is based on original contract value and shall not change due to subsequent variation(s) in the original contract value.

The Performance Guarantee (PG) shall be released after physical completion of the work based on 'Completion Certificate' issued by the competent authority stating that the Contractor has completed the work in all respects satisfactorily.

Whenever the contract is rescinded, the Performance Guarantee already submitted for the contract shall be encashed.

The Engineer shall not make a claim under the Performance Guarantee except for amounts to which the President of India is entitled under the contract (not withstanding and/or without prejudice to any other provisions in the contract agreement) in the event of: (i) Failure by the contractor to extend the validity of the Performance Guarantee as described herein above, in which event the Engineer may claim the full amount of the Performance Guarantee. (ii) Failure by the Contractor to pay President of India any amount due, either as agreed by the Contractor or determined under any of the clauses/Conditions of the Agreement, within 30 days of the service of notice to this effect by Engineer. (iii) The Contract being determined or rescinded under clause 62 of the GCC.

If a tender is accepted on the quoted rates of bidder which is below the advertised tender value, an additional performance security shall be submitted by the bidder as below: Bid quoted in % of advertised cost: Additional Performance Guarantee (%); Below 0 - 5% (inclusive): Nil; Below 5%: 5%.

Security Deposit:

The Security Deposit shall be 5% of the contract value. The BidSecurity submitted by the Contractor with his tender will beretained/encashed by the Railways as part of security for the due and faithful fulfillment of the contract by the Contractor. Provided further that, if Contractor submits the Cash or Term Deposit Receipt issued from a Scheduled commercial bank of India or irrevocable Bank Guarantee Bond from a Scheduledcommercial bank of India, either towards the Full SecurityDepositor the Part Security Deposit equal to or more than BidSecurity, the Railway shall return the Bid Security, to the Contractor.

Balance of Security Deposit may be deposited by the Contractorin cash or Term Deposit Receipt issued from Scheduled commercial bank of India or irrevocable Bank Guarantee bond issued from Scheduled commercial bank of India, or may be recovered at the rate of 6% of the bill amount till the full Security Deposit is recovered. Provided also that in case of defaulting Contractor, the Railway may retain any amount due for payment to the Contractor on the pending "on account bills"so that the amounts so retained (including amount guaranteed through Performance Guarantee) may not exceed 10% of the total value of the contract.

The Irrevocable Bank Guarantee submitted towards Security deposit shall be initially valid up to the stipulated date of Maintenance period plus 60 days and shall be extended from time to time, depending upon extension of contract granted interms of Clause 17A and 17B of the Standard General Conditionsof Contract.

Note: Security Deposit deposited in cash by the Contractor or recovered from the running bills of a Contractor or submitted by contractor as Term Deposit Receipt(s) can be refunded/returned to the contractor, in lieu of irrevocable Bank Guarantee bond issued from scheduled commercial bank of India, to be submitted by him, for an amount equal to or more than the already available Security Deposit, provided However that, in a contract of value less than Rs. 50 Crore, such refund/ return of the already available Security Deposit is permitted up to two times and in a contract of value equal to or more than Rs. 50 Crore, such refund / return of the already available SecurityDeposit is permitted up to three times.

Security Deposit mentioned in sub clause (1) above shall be returned to the Contractor after the following: (a) Final Paymentof the Contract as per clause 51.(1) of GCC-2022 and (b) Execution of Final Supplementary Agreement or Certification by Engineer that Railway has No Claim on Contractor and (c) Maintenance Certificate issused, on expiry of the maintenanceperiod as per clause 50. (1) of GCC-2022, in case applicable.

Forfeiture of Security Deposit: Whenever the contract is rescinded as a whole under clause 62 (1) of these conditions, the Security Deposit already with railways under the contract shall be forfeited. However, in case the contract is rescinded in part or parts under clause 62 (1) of these conditions, the Security Deposit shall not be forfeited.

No interest shall be payable upon the Bid Security and SecurityDeposit or amounts payable to the Contractor under the Contract, but Government Securities deposited in terms of Sub Clause16.(4)(b) of this clause will be payable with interest accrued thereon.

Terms and condition which have not been specified in the tender condition/document shall be govern as per Indian Railway Standard GCC April 2022 with correction slips upto date is applicable.

Negotiation : Railways reserves the rights to enter into negotiations with one, more or all tenderers, at its sole discretion, before acceptance of any particular tender in order to clarify specific/special conditions for reduction of rates and/ or for changes in scope of the work etc. Should such a negotiation with a tenderer be entered into, the tenderer shall not be permitted to increase the quoted rates under any circumstances, even if it includes withdrawal and/ or modification of such specialconditions as are given by the tenderer with original offer.

Shramik Kalyan Portal : As per Rly. Brd'sL/No. 2018/CE-I/CT/4 dtd. 17.10.2018. Contractor should have registered their profile as well as provide their Letter of Acceptance or Contract Agreement on Shramik Kalyan portal within 15 days of issue ofany LOA for approval of concerned Engineer. After approval of LOA by Engineer, Contractor shall fill the salient details of contract labours engaged in the contract and ensure updating of each wage payment to them on the Shramik Kalyan portal on monthly basis. It is mandatory upon the Contractor to ensure correct and prompt uploading of all salient details of engaged contractual labour and payments made thereof after each wage period. While processing payment of any "on Account bill" or"Final bill" or "release of Advances' or "Performance Guarantee/Security deposit", contractor shall submit a certificate to the Engineer or Engineer's representative that "I have uploaded the correct details of contract labours engaged in connection with this contract and payment made to them during the wage period in the Shramik Kalyan portal at'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in' till_________Month_______year.

GST: Provision of GST has been kept in the contract. GST shall be released to the Contractor for onward payment to the concerned authority. GST shall be calculated as per admissible rate at the time of processing any bill, not on the basis of rate on which bidding was made. Moreover, rate of GST will be calculated on the basis of SAC applicable for the work /submitted by the Contractor and cost of the work actually executed. GST released to the Contractor by the Railways shall be deposited separately against the respective contract to the concerned Authority. The Contractor is required to submit the copies of the GST returns for the amount already paid exclusively for this contract, along with successive bills as per payment-schedule failing of which the next bills will not be accepted by the competent authority for releasing payment.

Income Tax with Surcharge, Education Cess etc. shall bededucted as per extant rule from bill.

Advertised value of the work "Cleaning of major components of electric locomotives at KGPE shed" is Inclusive of GST @ 18%.

Tender form (First sheet) - Annexure - I and Tender form (Secondsheet) - Annexure - I (Contd..) uploaded in document section oftender, duly filled & signed by the tenderer is to be submitted. If bidders have not submitted the documents i.e. Annexure - I & Annexure - I (Contd...), the same should be submitted by the successful bidder before commencement of the work.

Tenderer has to give consent in a mandate form (Annexure - 3)upload in "Document attached with tenderer" for receipt of payment through ECS/NEFT/RTGS.

Inspection Clause : Railway reserve the right to inspect All/Part/Sample as deemed fit.