Comprehensive Annual maintenance contract of Electronic interlocking (E.I.) System of Kyosan Make at 04 stations (PTLI, MIQ, KLB & FTS) in IDH - BXN Section of Agra Division for a period of two years.

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: No other document than specified above shall be considered valid for evaluating this eligibility criteria).In case of non-submission of above documents, offer may be summarily rejected.

(a) 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 onein 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. (b) (1) In case of tenders for composite works (e.g. works involving more than one distinct component, such as Civil Engineering works, S&T works, Electrical works, OHE works etc. and in the case of major bridges - substructure, superstructure etc.), 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 tothe onein which tender is invited: (i) Three similar works each costing not less thanthe amount equal to30% of advertised value of each component of tender,or (ii) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of each component of tender,or (iii) similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of each component of tender. Note for b(1): Separate completed works of minimum required values shall also be considered for fulfillment of technical eligibility criteria for different components. (b) (2)In such cases, what constitutes a component in a composite work shall be clearly pre-defined with estimated tender cost of it, as part of the tender documents without any ambiguity. (b) (3) To evaluate the technical eligibility of tenderer, only components of work as stipulated in tender documents for evaluation of technical eligibility, shall be considered. The scope of work covered in other remaining components shall be either executed by tenderer himself if he has work experience as mentioned in clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contractor through subcontractor fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract or jointly i.e., partly himself and remaining through subcontractor, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing. However, if required in tender documents by way of Special Conditions, a formal agreement duly notarised, legally enforceable in the court of law, shall be executed by the main contractor with the subcontractor for the component(s) of work proposed to be executed by the subcontractor(s), and shall be submitted along with the offer for considering subletting of that scope of work towards fulfilment of technical eligibility. Such subcontractor must fulfill technical eligibility criteria as follows: The subcontractor shall have successfully completed at least one work similar to work proposed for subcontract, costing not less than 35% value of work to be subletted, in last 5 years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited througha works contract.

In case after award of contract or during execution of work it becomes necessary for contractor to change subcontractor, the same shall be done with subcontractor(s) fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing. Note for Item 10.1: 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.(Note:In case of non-submission of above documents, offer may be summarily rejected).

Defination of Similar Work :- Any work in connection with signaling installation which includes supply or installation or alteration of EI OR Any work of AMC of EI. Note-1: Tenderer may be required to submit the schedule of those works, Completion/Performance certificates of which have been submitted by him/her in support of 30/ 40 / 60% (as the case may be) criterion of similar nature of work. Note-2: The Tenderer must be OEM or an authorized representative of OEM. Tenderer will have to submit the proof of same with the tender document.

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.

Documents to be submitted along with the tender.

Please submit your bank details i.e. Name of the Bank along with Bank Branch Code, Account Number, IFSC Code, and PAN Number. (Format attached)

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. 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. (Note:In case of non-submission of above documents, offer may be summarily rejected).

The tenderer whether sole proprietor / a company or a partnership firm / joint venture (JV) /registered society / registered trust / HUF / LLP etc if they want to act through agent or individual partner(s), should submit along with the tender, a copy of power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they be partner(s) of the firm or any other person, specifically authorizing him/them to sign the tender, submit the tender and further to deal with the Tender/ Contract up to the stage of signing the agreement except in case where such specific person is authorized for above purposes through a provision made in the partnership deed / Memorandum of Understanding / Article of Association /Board resolution, failing which tender shall be summarily rejected. A separate power of 2.2.1 attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they be partner(s) of the firm or any other person, shall be submitted after award of work, specifically authorizing him/them to deal with all other contractual activities subsequent to signing of agreement, if required. Note: A Power of Attorney executed and issued overseas, the document will also have to be legalized by the Indian Embassy and notarized in the jurisdiction where the Power of Attorney is being issued. However, the Power of Attorney provided by Bidders from countries that have signed the Hague Legislation Convention 1961 are not required to be legalized by the Indian Embassy if it carries a conforming Apostille certificate.(Note:In case of non-submission of above documents, offer may be summarily rejected).

The tenderer will give full information ( in annexure-A) as to the date of retirement of such Engineer or gazetted officer from the said service and as to whether permission for taking such contract, or if the Contractor be a partnership firm or an incorporated company, to become a partner or director as the case may be, has been obtained by the tenderer or the Engineer or officer, as the case may be from the President of India or any officer, duly authorized by him in this behalf, shall be clearly stated in writing at the time of submitting the tender,if a tenderer is - i) be a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, whether in the executive or administrative capacity or whether holding a pensionable post or not, in the Engineering or any other department of any of the railways owned and administered by the President of India for the time being, OR ii) being partnership firm / joint venture (JV) / registered society / registered trust etc have as one of its partners/members a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, OR iii) being an incorporated company have any such retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement as one of its directors AND in case where such Engineer or officer had not retired from government service at least 1 year prior to the date of submission of the tender

If a tenderer or Contractor being an individual, have member(s) of his family or in the case of partnership firm/ company / joint venture (JV) / registered society / registered trust etc. one or more of his partner(s)/shareholder(s) or member(s) of the family of partner(s)/shareholder(s) having share of more than 1% in the 2.3.1 tendering entity employed in gazetted capacity in the Engineering or any other department of the railway, then the tenderer at the time of submission of tender, will inform the authority inviting tenders the details of such persons. ( in annexure-A)

An undertaking shall be submitted in form of Annexure-VA is to be given by attorney/authorized signatory/each member of Partnership firm/Joint Venture (JV) / Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) / Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. as the case may be. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract. Note-1: Annexure VA should be submitted as per explanatory formats which are part of documents uploaded alongwith the NIT in the name of guidelines for filling of Annexure VA. Note-2: In case of non submission of above certificate, or submission of certificate either not properly filled in, or, in a format other than the prescribed format, shall lead to summarily rejection of your offer.

General Compliance

The accepted rates shall be deemed to include and cover all fees, taxes, duties, royalties, rent etc

Income Tax, Surcharge thereof, Goods & Service Tax (GST Act, 2017) and any other applicable tax shall be recovered from contractor's bill as per rule in force.

Implementation of GST Act, 2017 - Procedure for payment of Contractual bill is given in General Instructions attached in document. Please go through the procedure before submission of 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.

Information regarding staff, Plant & machinery, past experience and ongoing work details

Please furnish list of plant and Machinery available on hand own and proposed to be inducted own and hired to be given separately for the subject work.

Please furnish list of Works on hand indicating Description of Work, Contract Value, Approximate value of balance work yet to be done and Date of award.

Please furnish list of Works completed in last seven financial years giving Description of Work, Organization for whom executed, approximate value of contract at time of award, Date of award and Date of Completion. Date of actual Start, Actual Completion and Final value of Contract shall also be given

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

If bid security is submitted in the form of Bank Guarantee, it shall be made in favour of Senior Divisional Finance Manager, North Central Railway, Agra. The format of Bank Guarantee is attached in Annexure VI A. The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered to this office within 5 working days before closing date for submission of bids.

Prior consent of Railway representative to be taken before procurement of material for supply item.

Guidelines for online Bank Guarantee verification should be followed as per attached document.

Tenderer (s) should attached the scan documents in support of minimum eligibility criteria along with the tender. No document in support of minimum eligibility criteria will be accepted/entertained after opening of tender.

Security Deposit: The Security Deposit shall be 5% of the contract value. The Bid Security submitted by the Contractor with his tender will be retained/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 Scheduled commercial bank of India, either towards the Full Security Depositor the Part Security Deposit equal to or more than Bid Security, the Railway shall return the Bid Security, to the Contractor. Balance of Security Deposit may be deposited by the Contractor in 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 in terms of Clause 17A and 17B of the Standard General Conditions of 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 Security Deposit is permitted up to three times.

Performance Guarantee:- The procedure for obtaining Performance Guarantee is outlined below: (a)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 60thday 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 Bid Security and other dues payable to the contractor against that particular contract, subject to maximum of PG amount. In case a tenderer has not submitted Bid Security 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. Note: If 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 per New Para 16(4) (h) of Part-II of GCC 2022 introduced vide Correction slip No. 11 dated 13.03.2026. The said correction slip is attached document TAB of NIT.

The Tenderers having more than 20 labour, is required to obtain the labour license from the licensing Officer under Provision of Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 read with Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules 1970. They should obtain a proper and valid labour license for the concerned work from the concerned Asstt. Labour Commissioner or licensing officer of the area and the photo copy of the labour license must be submitted to Railway for records . Failure to do so will attract legal action against the tenderer

In case any contradiction between general condition of contract & special conditions of contract will prevail over general conditions of contract.

If the tenderer(s) deliberately gives / give wrong information in his/their tender or creates/create circumstances for the acceptance of his/their tender, the Railway reserves the right to reject such tender at any stage.

All Rules of NIT & Post LOA shall be governed by GCC & tenderer agree to adhere to it without any dispute.

Contractor will clear/clean the work site after completion of the work, to the satisfaction of site engineer.

All false work, staging etc. should be so erected, clamped and secured that these should not infringe / moving dimension and obstruct the railway traffic.

In terms of clause 26A.3 of GCC, the Contractor shall deploy atleast one Diploma Holder Engineers at site during the execution of work.

Special Conditions of contract for mandatory updation of Labour Data on Railway's Srakimkalyan Portal by Contract. Clause 54 & 55 of Indian Railway General Conditions of Contract deals with Wages to labour and action in case of default of contractor to payment of wages. In order to increase transparency in payment of Contract Labour wages and other payments, a web based application has been developed and hosted on website www.shramikkalyan.indianrailway.gov.in. All contractors are required to upload details of their LoAs, engaged workmen, wage payment details, PF/ESI details, bonus details etc., on monthly basis. This details so uploaded shall be available in public domain. In order to ensure prompt and proper uploading of details related to LoAs, engaged workmen, wage & other payment details. The special condition is as under:

A.Contactor is to abide by the provisions of Payment of Wages act & Minimum Wages act in terms of clause 54 and 55 of Indian Railway 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 under: (a) Contractor shall apply for onetime registration of his company/firm etc. in the Shramikkalyan portal with requisite details subsequent to issue of Letter of Acceptance. Engineer shall approve the contractor's registration on the portal within 7 days of receipt of such request. (b) Contractor once approved by any Engineer, can create password with login ID (PAN No.) for subsequent use of portal for all LoAs issued in his favour. (c) The contractor once registered on the portal, shall provide details of his Letter of Acceptances (LoA)/Contract Agreement on shramikkalyan portal within 15 days of issue of any LoA for approval of concerned engineer. Engineer shall update (if required and approve the details of LoA filled by contractor within 7 days of receipt of such request. (d) 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 shramikkalyan portal on monthly basis. (e) It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to ensure correct and prompt uploading of all salient details of engaged contractual labour & payments made thereof after each wage period.

B. 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 of Engineer's representatives that " I have 14.1.1 uploaded the correct details of contract labours engaged in connection with this contract and payment made to them during the wage period in Railway's Shramik kalyan portal at 'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in' till_____ Month,_______ year."

Old GCC has been changed and replaced with new General Conditions of Contract-2022, which has been added in tender document. Please go through this new General Condition of Contract-2022 before bidding. In case of any discrepancy, contradiction with regard to GCC (except special condition of contract) in that case GCC- 2022 will be applicable.