Ultrasonic testing of Rails and AT Welds with Digital Ultrasonic Flaw Detectors(USFD) through outsourcing and reporting the same as per Indian Railway Standard Specification for Ultrasonic testing of Rails and Welds (Revised- 2020) read with latest correction slips and manual for Ultrasonic testing of rail and welds (Revised-2022) read with latest correction slips on various identified routes/sections in Khurda Road, Sambalpur and Rayagada division of East Coast Railway.

Financial Eligibility Criteria: 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. (For details refer tender documents)

Technical Eligibility Criteria: a) RDSO certified USFD operators and machines for testing is mandatory. To ensure it, the contractor has to propose the names of RDSO approved USFD operators after award of LOA, which will further be verified and approved by ADEN. However, tenderer has to propose the RDSO approved USFD machines to be utilized for testing, in the tender itself, which should be SRT/DRT/Hand held testing equipments with B-Scan 9-channels facility equipped with two extra 37 degree probes for rail testing and A-scan AT weld testers for USFD testing of AT welds, SEJs and Point & crossings (b) Tenderer must attach the following documentary evidences with the tender : (i) Owning minimum 24 Nos. of RDSO approved B-scan 9-channel SRT/DRT machines and 17 nos of RDSO approved A-scan AT weld testers OR (ii) Proof of entering into MOU with manufacturer/supplier of RDSO approved vendor for required no. of machines as specified in (i) above.

Vide Railway Board letter no. Track/21/2004/0902/7Vol.III dt.20.06.2022, For contracts for works tender related to "USFD Testing of Rails/Welds by SRT/ DRT/ Handheld Testers" whose technical capabilities have already been established by RDSO, Board (ME & FC) have decided to dispense with the Minimum Technical Eligibility Criteria mentioned in Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract. Hence, contents of Para No.10.1 of Annexure-I, Tender form (Second Sheet) of GCC regarding technical eligibility criteria is not applicable to this tender.

The Tenderers have to fill in the details in TENDER FORM FIRST SHEET attached in the GCC and upload the same.

Financial Eligibility Criteria: The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or V whichever is less crores; 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 annualcontractual 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, alongwith copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

Please submit your bank details i.e. Name of Bank along with Bank Branch Code, Accounts Number as appearing in the cheque book, IFSC Code and PAN Number, duly certified by the authorized official of the bank, to facilitate payment through ECS/NEFT/RTGS. In lieu of Bank Certificate, scanned copy of a cancelled cheque may be attached for verification of the above particulars.

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 /Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. If it is NOT mentioned in the submitted tender that tender is being submitted on behalf of a Sole Proprietorship firm/Partnership firm/ JointVenture/ Registered Company etc., then the tender shall be treated as having been submitted by the individual who has signed the tender. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern and copy of PAN card along with the 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. (for details refer tender documents) NOTE: Any document containing PAN number of the tenderer(s) shall also be considered in lieu of PAN card. However, if no document having mention of PAN number is uploaded, offer will be summarily rejected.

Documents to be submitted as per Clause 14 of GCC-April 2022 in support of (a) Sole Proprietorship firm (b) HUF (c) Partnership Firm (d) Joint Venture (JV) (e) Company registered under Companies Act 2013 (f) LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) (g) Registered Society & Registered Trust. (for details refer tende rdocuments) NOTE: Non submission of above documents will lead to summarily rejection of the offer.

Please submit the list of arbitration & court cases concerning the firm

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 of credit (LC) arrangement. The tenderer shall affirm having read over and agreed to the terms and conditions 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, thereafter, during execution of contract. (The tenderer have to submit the option to take payment from Railway through a Letter of Credit arrangement) (For details refer Tender documents)

If Bid Security is submitted through mode of Bank Guarantee, then tenderer has to upload the scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee (as per Para-5, Part-I of GCC and Annexure-VIA of GCC ) submitted towards Bid Security with the tender. The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the office of Dy. Chief Engineer/Track, East Coast Railway, Office of the Principal Chief Engineer, Rail Sadan, North Block, First Floor, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Pin-751017 before closing date for submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of 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. In case of Bid Security deposited through e-payment gateway, then the same should be confirmed by the tenderer. Other conditions as mentioned in Para-5(3) of Part-I of GCC shall also be applicable.

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.

Please read carefully the entire e-tender document before submission of tender offer.

Rates quoted by the tenderer in the relevant fields of the Financial Bid Page/Financial offer only will be the ruling terms for deciding inter-se-ranking and any condition having financial repercussions, if quoted anywhere else shall not be considered for deciding the inter-se-ranking.

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

Standard General Conditions of Contract April-2022 with all correction slips and special conditions of contract are part of the tender document and applicable.

Tender offer should accompany with scanned copies of all the required documents.

The validity of tender offer if mentioned elsewhere in the bid document is different from the number of days shown in the "NIT HEADER", then the validity of offer as indicated in the "NIT HEADER" shall prevail and be considered to be binding.

Railway reserves the right to ask clarification with respect to documents available/attached with the E-tender, if required.

Tenderer(s) are allowed to make payments against this tender towards Bid security (wherever applicable as per NIT HEADER') only through online payment modes available on IREPS portal like net banking, debit card,credit card etc. Manual payments through Demand draft,Banker's cheque, Deposit receipts, FDR etc. are not allowed. (For details refer Tender documents)

Restrictions on the Employment of Retired Engineers of Railway Services Within One Year of their Retirement: The Contractor shall not, if he is a retired Government Engineer of Gazetted rank, himself engage in or employ or associate a retired Government Engineer of Gazetted rank, who has not completed one year from the date of retirement, in connection with this contract in any manner whatsoever without obtaining prior permission of the President and if the Contractor is found to have contravened this provision it will constitute a breach of contract and administration will be entitled to terminate the contract and forfeit his Performance Guarantee as well as Security Deposit.