Provision of 03 New SSP at Lucknow Jn., Badshahnagar & Tappakhajuria Station in LJN Division of N.E.Railway .

WORKS CONTRACT - Financial Eligibility Criteria for Tenderer is as follows for the tender value above 50 lac - 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 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.

WORKS CONTRACT - No Financial credentials are required for tenders having value up to Rs 50 lakh.

The tenderer 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.

Technical Eligibility Criteria: 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.

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

Definition of "Similar work" - Design, Supply, Erection, Testing & Commissioning of 50 Hz, Single Phase 25 Kv AC OHE, OR Design, Supply, Erection, Testing & Commissioning of 66 Kv or higher voltage 3-phase grid sub-station, OR Design, Supply, Erection, Testing & Commissioning of 50 Hz, Single Phase 25 Kv (SP,SSP).

Tenderer should have valid "A" class electrical contractor license issued by electrical inspector to state government with the offer. If "A" class electrical contractor license has been expired, tenderer should submit receipt of renewal electrical contractor license issued by electrical inspector to state government with offer also. At the time of contract agreement, contractor must submit valid "A" class electrical contractor license issued by electrical inspector to state government. If tenderer have not submit the valid "A" class electrical contractor license, the offer will be summarily rejected.

In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, the original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the office of Sr. DEE/TRD/LJN, NER, Lucknow, before closing date for submission of bids. (i.e. excluding the last date of submission on bids). 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.

Please furnish the list of personnel, organization available in hand and proposed to be engaged for the subject work.

Furnish the list of plant & machinery available in hand (own)and proposed to be included (own and hired to be given separately) for the subject work.

Furnish the List of Work completed in the last three financial year giving description of work, organization for the time of award, date of award and date of schedule completion of work. Date of actual start, actual completion date and final value of contract should also be given.

Furnish the list of work in hand including description of work, contract value and approximate value of balance work yet to be done and date of award.

Furnish the Audited balance sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant for last three years.

Please Submit your bank details i.e. Name of the bank along with bank branch code, Account Number, IFSC Code and PAN details.

Status of the Firm and Related documents such as affidavit, registration, partnership deed, power of attorney etc.

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.

Tenderer shall submit an undertaking that he is not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry/ Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of opening of bids, either in individual capacity or as member of the partnership firm or JV in which he was/ is a partner/ member.

WORKS CONTRACT - 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. In case contract is terminated railway shall be entitled to forfeit Earnest Money Deposit and other dues payable against that contract. In case a tenderer has not submitted Earnest Money Deposit on the strength of their registration as a Startup recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, DIPP shall be informed to this effect. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in re-tender for that work.

WORKS CONTRACT - The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee (PG) in any of the following forms, amounting to 5% of the contract value Additional Performance Guarantee as per clause 16(4)(h) in any of the following forms :- (i)A deposit of cash; (ii)Irrevocable Bank Guarantee; (iii) Insurance surety bond as per Annexure-XVII (Advance Correction Slip No.9) 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. (iii)Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5% below the market value; (iv)Deposit Receipts, Pay Orders, Demand Drafts and Guarantee Bonds. These forms of Performance Guarantee could be either of the State Bank of India or of any of the Nationalized Banks; (v)Guarantee Bonds executed or Deposit Receipts tendered by all Scheduled Banks; (vi) Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank ; (vii)Deposit in the National Savings Certificates; (viii) Twelve years National Defence Certificates; (ix) Ten years Defence Deposits; (x) 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. 16(4)(h) 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 Below 0 - 5% (inclusive) Additional Performance Guarantee (%) = Nil Bid quoted in % of advertised cost Below 5% Additional Performance Guarantee (%) = 5%

The tenderer shall upload scanned copies of mandatory credentials such as experience, turn over Certificates and any other documents as applicable.

Bank Guarantees BGs to be submitted by suppliers/contractors should be sent directly to be concerned authorities by issuing Bank under registered POST A.D.

Works Contract: The Earnest Money deposited with the tender of successful tenderer will be retained as part of security deposit which will be 5 percent of the contract value of work awarded. Security Deposit may be deposited by the Contractor before release of first on account bill in cash or Term Deposit Receipt from Scheduled Bank, or may be recovered at the rate of @ 6 percent of the bill amount till the full Security Deposit is recovered.

Works Contract :- This contract shall be governed by the provision of GCC (General Condition of Contract) April 2022 edition with up to date corrections thereto or latest edition.

Rates are inclusive of all taxes / octroi, license fee, royalty charges etc. legally leviable by state, Central Government and/or any other local authority.

Income Tax, Cess and any other tax will be recovered as per extant instruction on the subject.

Bid Security - All the tenderers/ contractors have to deposit Earnest Money Deposite as stipulated in the tender document through online modes as permitted in IREPS application. Payment of Earnest Money (EMD) in respect of e-Tendering, should be accepted through net banking or payment gateway only.

Advertisement Period - Time during which all information pertaining to tender shall be available but offers can not be submitted. i.e from tender publication date to till sixteen days prier to opening of Tender.

Offer Submission Period - Fifteen days prior to opening of tender, during which tenderers can submit their offer.

Tenderer shall submit the documents regarding status of firm along with offers. It is further made clear that partnership firm shall have to attach copy of the latest partnership deed along with latest affidavit certifying the currency of the deed. Similarly, proprietorship firm should also submit the relevant certificate along with latest affidavit regarding currency of the certificate.

WORKS CONTRACT:---- Documents to be Submitted Along with Tender :- (i)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) / Registered Society / Registered Trust / HUF 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.

Tenderers shall quote the nett rate in their offer for the schedule items. Nett rates shall be treated as inclusive of all taxes.

It will be obligatory on the part of the contractors in these favour the contractor is awarded to employ civil Engineers Graduate/Diploma holders for the duration of contracts as under (Rly Bd. Letter no. 2012/CE-I/ CT/O/20 dated 10.5.13):- 1. One Qualified Graduate Engineer when the cost of work to be executed is Rs. 200 lakh and above. 2. One qualified Diploma holder Engineer when the cost of work to be executed is more than Rs. 25 lakh, but less than Rs. 200 lakh. Technical staff should be available at the site whenever required by engineer- in-charge to take instructions. Contd.

In case contractor fail to employ the Technical staff as aforesaid, he shall be liable to pay a reasonable amount not exceeding a sum of Rs. 40000/-(Rupees Forty thousands only) for each month of default in case of Graduate Engineer and Rs. 25000/- (Rupees twenty five thousands only) for each month or part thereof for the default period in case of Diploma holder. The decision of engineer-in-charge as to the period for each the required technical staff as not employed by the contractor and as the reasonableness of the amount to be deducted on this account shall be final and binding on the contractor.

'Letter of Credit' as Mode of Payment in Works Tenders or Service Tenders having advertised cost of Rs 10 lakh or above

(i)Letter of Credit :- For all the tenders having advertised cost of Rs 10 lakh or above, the contractor shall have the option to take payment from Railways through a letter of credit (LC) arrangement. Authority Railway Board) No. 2018/CE-IJCT/9 New Delhi, Dated 04.06.2018 (ii) This option of taking payment through LC arrangement has to be exercised in IREPS (Indian Railway Electronic Procurement System - the e-application on which tenders are called by Railways) by the tenderer at the time of bidding itself, and the tenderer shall affirm having read over and agreed to the terms and conditions of the LC option. (iii) The option so exercised, shall be an integral part of the bidder's offer. (iv) The above 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, thereafter, during execution of contract. (v) In case tenderer opts for payment through LC, following shall be the procedure to deal release of payment through LC: .

(a) The LC shall be a sight LC (b) The contractor shall select his Advising/Negotiating bank for LC The incidental cost towards issue of Le and its operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor. (c) SBI, New Delhi, Main Branch will be the nodal branch for issue of LCs based on online requests received from Railway Accounts Units for tenders opened in financial year 2018-19. SBI branches where the respective Railway Accounts Office has its Account (local SB1 branch) will be the issuance/reimbursing branch for LC issued under this arrangement. The Bank shall remain same for this tender till completion of contract. The incidental cost @ 0.15% per annum of LC value, towards issue of LC and operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor and shall be recovered from his bills. (d) The LC shall be opened initially for duration of 180 to 365 days in consultation with contractor. The LC shall be extended time to time as per the progress of the contract, on the request of the contractor. The value of LC to be opened initially as well as extended thereafter shall be finalised by the engineer in consultation with the contractor on the basis of expected progress of work. Contd.

(e) The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia indemnify and save harmless the Railway from and against all losses, claims and demands of every nature and description brought or recovered against the Railways by reason of any act or omission of the contractor, his ,agents or employees, in relation to the Letter of Credit (LC). All sums payable/borne by Railways on this account shall be considered as reasonable compensation and paid by contractor. (f) The LC terms and conditions shall inter- alia provide that Railways will issue a Document of Authorisation (format enclosed as Annexure 2) after passing the bill for completed work, to enable contractor to claim the authorized amount from their bank. (g) The acceptable, agreed upon document for payments to be released under the LC shall be the Document of Authorisation. (h) The Document of Authorisation shall be issued by Railway Accounts Office against each bill passed by Railways. (i) On issuance of Document of Authorisation, a copy of Document of Authorisation shall be posted on IREPS for download by the contractor. A digitally signed copy of Document of Authorisation shall also be sent by Railway Accounts Office to Railway's bank (Local SBI Branch). Contd.

(j) The contractor shall take print out of the Document of Authorisation available on IREPS and present his claim to his bank (advising Bank) for necessary payments as per LC terms and conditions. The claim shall comprise of copy of Document of A uthorisation, Bill of Exchange and Bill. (k) The payment against LC shall be subject to verification from Railway's Bank (Local SBI Branch). (I) The contractor's bank (advising bank) shall submit the documents to the Railway's Bank (Local SBI Branch). (m) The railway's bank (issuing bank) shall, after verifying the claim so received w.r.t. the digitally signed Document of Authorisation received from Railway Accounts Office, release the payment to contractor's bank (advising bank) for crediting the same to contractor's account. (n) Any number of bills can be dealt within one I.C, provided the sum total of payments to contractor is within the amount for which LC has been opened. (0) The LC shall be closed after the release of final payment including PVC amount, if any, to the contractor. (p) The release of performance guarantee or security deposit shall be dealt directly by railway with the contractor i.e., not through LC.

Price Variation Clause (PVC) shall be applicable as per GCC April- 2022. It is applicable only in tender having advertised value above Rs. 2 Crores and having completion period above 12 months. (As per GCC April-2022).

STAMP DUTY :- Stamp duty shall be payable @ Rs. 70/- per thousand on security deposit if it is in the form of NSC/FDR and if it is in the form of cash it will be @ 125/- per thousand on thousand on security deposit . Till finalization of the special leave petition by the supreme court , Before execution of contract agreement , Tenderer will have to deposit the stamp duty of Rs. 100/- along with an affidavit " if an order shall be passed by supreme court in above Special Leave Petition in favour of Govt. then tenderer will have to deposit the balance stamp duty in addition to Rs. 100/- against the appropriate head of the deptt.

Tenderer will ensure the genuineness of the stamp papers / stamps being utilized. It will be the responsibility of the party entering into agreement with the railway for its genuineness

Contractor is to abide by the provisions of Payment of Wages act & Minimum Wages act in terms of clause 54 and 55 of Indian Railways General Condition of Contract. In order to ensure the same, an application has been developed and hosted on website 'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in'. Contractor shall register his firm/company etc. and upload requisite details of labour and their payment in this portal. These details shall be available in public domain. The Registration/ updation of Portal shall be done as per para 55C of GCC 2022: