CNC AIR PLASMA CUTTING MACHINE as per the enclosed technical specifications.

Special Eligibility Criteria

1. 1

   The bidder/manufacturer must have supplied at least 02 nos. of same/similar machines in last 5 years as per COFMOW conditions (to be reckoned from the original date of tender closing) to Indian Railway (or) any other Central (or) State organizations (or) PSUs of Central or State Govt. undertakings. OEM or their authorized dealers with tender specific authorization should only eligible to participate in the tender. In case of tender specific authorization given by the OEM, the past performance of the OEM also will be considered. Statement of past supplies along with purchasers name and address, email address and phone/fax number of purchaser, purchase order number and date along with the copies of purchase order, quantity supplied, date of supply and their commissioning details with date shall be submitted along with the offer. Copies of POs submitted shall also indicate the parameters/specification of subject machine to prove same/similarity aspect of the machine as mentioned in para (2.2) below.

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2. 2

   A similar machine mentioned in para 2.1 above shall mean a CNC Air Plasma or CNC Gas Profile Cutting Machine having the facility of one or more plasma & oxy fuel torches, and also, with: (a) minimum bed size 2000 mm X 4000 mm, and, (b) minimum cutting capacity of 32 mm of MS plate with plasma torch or oxy fuel torch separately.

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3. 3

   The tenderer shall, in their offer, submit performance certificate of 01 machine in respect of the machines supplied by them which meet the criteria specified in Para 2.1 above and the machine covered by these certificates must have been working satisfactorily for at least one year from the date of commissioning. The certificate shall not be older than one year from the original date of closing of tender. To this effect, the performance certificate submitted by the tenderer must have been issued by the actual user organization of the ma-chine, with their clear signature and address therein, in whose premises the machine is installed and commissioned.

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4. 4

   The tenderer should provide satisfactory evidence, acceptable to the purchaser to show that he is a regular manufacturer and has adequate plant and manufacturing capacity and has a Quality Assurance Program. The manufacturer should have valid ISO 9001 certificate on the original date of closing of Tender and a copy of same should be submitted along with the bid. The CNC Air Plasma cutting machine should be in the scope of ISO certificate.

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5. 5

   All necessary information/ documents required for establishing reference re- quirement as per Para (2.1), (2.2) & (2.3) above should be submitted by the bidder along with original offer itself. No clarification/ correspondence will be sought/ entertained in this regard. In case no information or incomplete information is furnished by the bidder, their offer will be summarily rejected.

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6. 6

   Special Conditions: 1.The tenderer must submit the Technical offer as per the format given in Annexure- A of Technical Specifications. All the information as asked for, in the format must be given accordingly e.g. wherever a parametric value is asked it should be furnished, if a write up is asked for this should be provided and if a brochure or drawing or sketch is expected this should be provided. In case of incomplete/sketchy/illegible information, the technical offer will be considered as in-complete and is liable to be rejected. 2. Railways reserve the right to verify at any time, the details submitted by the Bidder/Tenderer by actual site visit. If the information furnished in the bid is found to be incorrect during verification, the bid shall be considered invalid and their EMD shall be forfeited and necessary action will be initiated against the bidder/Tenderer. All other terms and conditions as per the attached Technical Specifications.

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Check List

1. 1

   Have you gone through the Instruction to tenderers and General Tender Conditions, etc., uploaded in IREPS by this Railway Having Participated in the tender it will be considered that you have gone through all the conditions and the same are accepted by you.
2. 2

   Have you agreed to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by you in accordance with the IRS conditions of contract and in accordance with special and other conditions specified / attached with the tender.
3. 3

   Have you ensured that while quoting the rates, you have clearly indicated the rate of applicable duties and taxes included in the prices quoted by you.Any variation in tax structure/rate due to introduction of ST, shall be dealt with under Statutory Variation Clause
4. 4

   Have you ensured that you are GST compliant and your quoted tax structure / rates are as per GST Law.
5. 5

   Have you ensured that you have not quoted/uploaded any commercial /technical deviations/financial term in place other than specified in the tender enquiry as the same will not be considered and will be ignored. Any contract placed after ignoring such financial / commercial terms at the place other than the specified in tender enquiry will be binding on you.
6. 6

   Please go through Tender eligibility criteria before submission of offer.
7. 7

   Please go through SCR Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions of Tender on IREPS website which are applicable, before submission of offer.

Commercial-Compliance

1. 1

   Tenderers are advised to quote delivery as per consignee. Delivery of full quantity at single point/depot will not be accepted in case of multiple depots/consignees and such offers are likely to be ignored.

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2. 2

   F.O.R. Destination.

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3. 3

   Goods and Service Tax will be applicable as per Para 22.1 to 22.8 of INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR E-TENDERS attached with NIT and/or available as Public Document on IREPS website Goods and Services/South Central Railway.

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4. 4

   There shall be no exemption from submission of EMD for any tender or by any tenderer except following: (a) Limited tenders with estimated value up to Rs. 25 Lakhs (including single tenders, Global Limited tenders) & open tenders with estimated value up to Rs.10 lakhs- unless specifically mentioned otherwise in the tender. EMD amount will be 2% of the estimated value of tender (b) Micro and small Enterprises (MSEs) registered for the tendered item. (c) Other Railways and Government (d) Indian Ordinance Factories (e) PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them (f) Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered, up to their monetary limit of registration status being valid on the date of tender closing (g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/ PUs / CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing (h) Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items, subject to valid registration on the date of tender opening (i) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD. KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. For details bidder to refer SCR Instruction to tenderers document.

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5. 5

   If exemption is not allowed as per conditions incorporated in the Instructions to Tenderers, then required amount of EMD must be paid. If the offer is without EMD and exemption is not applicable as per these conditions then offer will be summarily rejected.

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6. 6

   Security Deposit (SD)/Performance Security for Stores Contracts will be applicable as per tender conditions: 1.1 There shall be no exemption from submission of Security Deposit (SD) for any tender or by any tenderer except exemptions as per tender conditions attached/ SCR Instruction to tenderers document. 1.2 In case of failure by contractor to meet deliveries for any lot, Railways may cancel the contract for defaulted part by forfeiting SD commensurate to that lot. 1.3 Wherever SD has been exempted, for any reason, and the supplier fails to supply goods as per conditions of contract, as amended from time to time, Purchaser shall have right to levy damages from the supplier for failing to comply with the contractual conditions, not by way of penalty, an amount equal to SD amount, as would have been applicable if the contract was with a non-exempted vendor. These damages shall be treated as recoveries outstanding against the vendor and dealt with accordingly. The Security Deposit amount shall be 5% of the value of the contract. Firm has to submit Security Deposit for Equipment after release of LOA.

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7. 7

   Firms should quote all financial terms only in the relevant columns of the Financial bid. Such terms quoted anywhere else will be ignored.

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8. 8

   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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1. 1

   WARRANTY. a) The machine shall be designed for a life of 20 years with regular maintenance and all the structural members of the machine during the course of normal operations. Tenderer would submit suitable undertaking. b) The Equipment should be offered with 24 months of comprehensive warranty from the date of commissioning for any manufacturing defects. The Comprehensive Warranty which will be inclusive of all spares, materials of the machine and labour cost except consumables specified at Clause 3.4 (i) to (xii) of the Technical Specifications. The cost of maintenance (Break down and Preventive maintenance Schedules) during the warranty period is included in the basic price of the Machine. Hence, no extra payment will be done by Railways towards warranty maintenance for 02 years. And remaining all other conditions as per clause 12.0 of Technical Specifications shall be applicable.

2. 2

   a) Tenderers are required to quote for a comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract for the machine supplied against this specification for a period of 5 years (after completion of warranty period of 02 years) on yearly basis giving the rates for each year i.e. first year, second year and so on. The Comprehensive AMC which will be inclusive of all spares, materials of the machine and labour cost except torch consumables specified at Clause 3.4 (i) to (xii) of Technical Specifications. The cost of maintenance (Break down and Preventive maintenance Schedules) are part of the CAMC. The duties and taxes as applicable should be indicated separately. b) The duration of CAMC shall be 5 years from the date of expiry of warranty period of 02 years. Rates for CAMC as quoted by the tenderer on yearly basis, will remain applicable during the duration of CAMC and not subject to any variation except any statutory changes in taxes and duties as compared to quoted rates. All other conditions as per clause 13.0 (Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract) of Technical Specifications shall be applicable.