MSDAC

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   i. The Railway reserves the right to order either the entire or the bulk quantity on the Approved vendors as per RDSO Item ID No.3100268003 . Status of approval of tenderer shall be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter, unless it is a case of downgrading/ removal/suspension/ banning. ii. The quantities to be ordered on Approved Vendors will be decided considering factors which include past (supply as well as quality) performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, and nature of item, outstanding order load etc. and the tender conditions. iii. (a) Vendors approved for developmental ordering shall be eligible for developmental order of up to 20% of Net Procurable Quantity [NPQ] in regular tenders. (As tendered item is urgently required,Railway reserves right to place order of 5% quantity only of the procurable quantity order on vendors having approval with conditional status.). (b) Vendors approved by any centralized vendor approving agencies for developmental orders with condition of prototype approval and/or field trial, may be given developmental order for 5% of Net Procurable Quantity [NPQ] within or outside NPQ. (b.i) Order on firms approved for developmental ordering subject to prototype approval/field trial can be upto the quantity required for field trial as indicated in the vendor directory provided no such orders has been placed on the firm earlier. Such firms will mandatorily indicate the orders received for the tendered item in the past and supply status against the same with their offer. If the firm has not received any order, a NIL statement has to be attached. If no document is attached, it will be considered that such order has already been placed on the firm and no further orders will be placed. (b.ii) If quantity required for field trial is not indicated in the vendor directory, then order quantity on such firms will be limited to 5% of NPQ. However the total order on developmental firms will be limited to 20% of the NPQ.

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   iv. When the vendor approving agency grades vendors under two categories, say, Part I and Part II categories, the developmental order on unapproved/untried firm can be up to 5% of NPQ within or outside NPQ. However, if the vendor approving agency grades vendors only under a single category (i.e. there is no system of approving the firms under two categories, say, Part I and Part II categories), developmental orders can be given upto 20% of NPQ on unapproved/untried firms within the NPQ. This will be subject to the procuring entity being prima-facie satisfied that such firms are capable of executing the order. Such firms must submit their credentials like Machinery & Plant, Testing facilities, QAP, Technical Manpower, Supply performance against earlier orders for same or similar items etc. along with their e- offer. Failure to submit such credentials as stated above will make the offer liable to be ignored. Such developmental order can be placed either after assessment of their capacity and capability by the source approving authority within 6 months of advice from the purchase authority or with the condition that bulk supply will start after approval of prototype by nominated agency as mentioned in the Purchase Order. v. Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved vendor for the tendered item, developmental vendors without any conditional approval can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, and delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of items, outstanding order load, etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner subject to rates being reasonable. Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on pre- decided tender criteria. Such orders shall be treated as Bulk Orders. 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 or effective control of the entity is exercised from India, or (iii) more than 50% of the value of item being supplied has been added in India.

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   vi. Where there is no approved vendor for an item, developmental vendors without any conditional approval 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.Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on pre-decided tender criteria. vii. Authorized dealers/ distributors need to quote with Tender specific authorization from the approved vendors/developmental vendors/Manufacturers failing which offer will be summarily rejected. While issuing such authorizations the approved vendors/developmental vendors/Manufacturers must ensure that these authorized dealers/distributors are in a position to raise inspection requests on IREPS. (viii )In case RDSO approved vendors ( In approved or developmental category ) is quoting for Model indicated in the RDSO approved vendor list with remark "'Railway should re-verify the validity of MOU/agreement with OEM while placing order', bidder must upload valid MOU/agreement with OEM, failing which offer shall be summarily rejected without any back reference.

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   In keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017 as amended and in terms of clause 2.4.2 of N. Rly Instructions to tenderers for e- Tender, Rev.1.21 of April 2024 and correction slip 1 of N. Rly Instructions to tenderers for e-Tender, Rev.1.21 of April 2024 , Public Procurement of this item is restricted to Class-I & Class-II local suppliers only. Bidders are required to indicate the Local Content in their offered product in the requisite field in the offer form.

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   In terms of clause as per Para 2.4.3 of N. Rly Instructions to tenderers for e-Tender, Rev.1.21 of April 2024 and correction slip 1 of N. Rly Instructions to tenderers for e-Tender, Rev.1.21 of April 2024 regarding Restrictions on procurement from a bidders of a country which shares a land border with India, I, hereby confirm that I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and I certify that I am not from such a country (Note: In case of bidder being from such a country which shares a land border with India. Bidder will be eligible to bid in this tender only, if the bidder is registered with the competent Authority. Then evidence of valid registration by the competent Authority is to be attached along with the tender). FIRM TO ALSO ATTACH LAND BORDER CERTIFICATE.

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   (i) At the time of tender bidding, the bidders shall be required to indicate percentage of local content. The bidders should mandatorily indicate percentage of local content in their offer in IREPS. (ii) In cases of Contracts/ POs for a value in excess of Rs. 10 cores, the contractor shall be required to provide a certificate from the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company (in the case of companies) or from a practicing cost accountant or practicing chartered accountant (in respect of suppliers other than companies) giving the percentage of local content. Such certificates shall be required to be submitted by the contractor along with their each online bill in IREPS. The supplier must include 'PO number & PO date', name of item, name of firm, local content percentage, and details of the location(s) at which the local value addition is made, in the certificate. In case the contractor/supplier does not meet the stipulated local content requirement and the category of the supplier changes from Class-1 to Class-II/Non-local or from Class-II to Non-local, a penalty in the form of deduction of 10% of the contract value shall be imposed. For severable contracts or in case of part supply, a penalty in the form of deduction of 10% of the value shall be imposed commensurate to that lot only. This penalty of 10% on the contract value will be over and above the liquidated damages & other deductions/penalties if any applicable in the contract. However, contract once awarded shall not be terminated on this account.

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Check List

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   The tenderers in their bids shall indicate the details of their jurisdictional assessing officers (Designation, address & email ID). Also tenders are required to furnish the correct HSN code for the offered item along with their bid.

Commercial-Compliance

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   In terms of clause 3.0 of the N. Rly Instructions to tenderers for e- Tender, Rev.1.21 of April 2024 and correction slip 1 of N. Rly Instructions to tenderers for e-Tender, Rev.1.21 of April 2024 , Bidders, not falling in the exempt category for furnishing EMD, are required to Mandatorily furnish the requisite EMD along with their offer, Failing which their offer will be summarily rejected.successful bidders unless failing in the exempt category for submission of S.D. are mandatorily required to submit Security Deposit.

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   The tenderers in their bids shall indicate the details of their jurisdictional assessing officers (Designation, address & email ID). Also tenders are required to furnish the correct HSN code for the offered item along with their bid.

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   SPLLITING CLAUSE : SPLLITING CLAUSE AS PER PARA 7.3 OF INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR ELECTRONIC TENDERS , Rev. 1.21 OF APRIL 2024 WILL BE APPLICABLE IN THIS TENDER.

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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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   Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.