At Balurghat for maintenance of AXEN/CON/BLGT Office cum Officer's/subordinate rest house at Balurghat, N.F.railway (construction), -Manning, Maintenance and housekeeping by providing Caretaker, Cook, Gardener, Service Boy and Safaiwala including cost of washing of bed sheets, towels, curtains etc. for hygienic and healthy environment in AXEN/CON/BLGT Office-cum-Officer's/subordinate rest house at Balurghat for 24 month in connection with construction of new B.G. line from Balurghat to Hili of N.F.Railway (Construction Organization)

Standard Technical Criteria are as follows:

I/we the tenderer (s) am/are signing this document after carefully reading the contents.

I/We the tenderer(s) also accept all the conditions of the tender and have signed all the pages in confirmation thereof.

I/we hereby declare that I/we have downloaded the tender documents from Indian Railway website www.ireps.gov.in . I/we have verified the content of the document from the website and there is no addition, no deletion or no alteration to the content of the tender document. In case of any discrepancy noticed at any stage i.e. evaluation of tenders, execution of work or final payment of the contract, the master copy available with the railway Administration shall be final and binding upon me/us.

I/we declare and certify that I/we have not made any misleading or false representation in the forms, statements and attachments in proof of the qualification requirements.

I/We also understand that my/our offer will be evaluated based on the documents/credentials submitted along with the offer and same shall be binding upon me/us.

I/We declare that the information and documents submitted along with the tender by me/us are correct and I/we are fully responsible for the correctness of the information and documents, submitted by us.

I/we certify that I/we the tenderer(s) is/are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of submission of bids, either in individual capacity or as a HUF/ member of the partnership firm/LLP/JV/Society/Trust.

I/we understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the Bid Security and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. Further, I/we and all my/our constituents understand that my/our offer shall be summarily rejected.

I/we also understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be false/forged at any time after the award of the contract, it will lead to termination of the contract, along with forfeiture of Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

I/We have read the clause regarding restriction on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and certify that I am/We are not from such a country or, if from such a country, have been registered with the competent Authority. I/We hereby certify that I/we fulfil all the requirements in this regard and am/are eligible to be considered (evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is enclosed)

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.

Tenders have been invited for and on behalf of the President of India for the work mentioned as per NIT.

Tender documents are not transferable .

It is understood that you are agreed to abide by the conditions those are laid down in the tender document when you submit the tender.

The tender document includes various chapters, drawings and annexures as enclosed, those are integral parts of the tender documents.

Rates enter in to rate page shall only be considered. Rates offered in any other form /letter by the tenderer shall not be considered.

Tenders other than in form of e-Tendering shall not be accepted against this tender. For this purpose, tenderers are required to submit their offer in IREPS.

In case of any difficulty faced by the tenderer while submitting their bid in the IREPS website assistance from help desk available with the website may be sought.

Railway Administration will not be responsible for any delay/difficulties /inaccessibility of the down loading facility for any reason whatsoever. In case of any discrepancy between the tender documents down loaded from internet and the master copy available in the offices, the latter shall prevail and will be binding on the tenderer(s). No claim on this account will be entertained.

General information about the project/work is attached separately. However the tenderer(s) are advised to visit the site for appreciation before submitting of tender.

Name & mailing address of the Tenderer(s) shall be clearly mentioned in ENGLISH language.

All the information requested for Tender shall be answered in the ENGLISH language. Where information is provided in another language, this shall be accompanied by a translation of its pertinent parts into ENGLISH. This translation will govern and be used for interpreting the information.

The railway reserves the right to:

Amend the scope and value of the work.

Reject or accept any tender; and

Cancel the tender process and reject any or all tenders, at any time.

The tenderer(s) have to fill up all the documents as stated in document.

Incomplete tenders are liable to be rejected without further correspondence.

If any one or more of the detailed information furnished in the tenderer's documents is proved to be false at any stage, the contractor/ firm will be debarred then and there, from all the commitments connected with the tender and his/their tender/contract will be rejected/terminated and further action will be taken as per extant rules.

Clarification of Bids: To assist in the examination, evaluation & comparison and prequalification of the Tender, the Railway may, at its discretion, ask any Bidder for a clarification of its Bid. Any clarification submitted by a Bidder that is not in response to a request by the Railway shall not be entertained or considered. The Railway request for clarification and the response of the bidder in this regard shall be in writing. However, if a Bidder does not provide clarification of its bid by the date and time communicated in the Railway request for clarification, the bid shall be evaluated as per the documents submitted along with the bid.

The Railway reserves the right to reject any or all offers without assigning any reasons and his decision shall be final and binding.

Clause 6 (Care In Submission Of Tenders), Part-I of Standard General Conditions of Contract - 2022.

(a)(i) Before submitting a tender, the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the site and locality of the works, that all conditions liable to be encountered during the execution of the works are taken into account and that the r a t e s he enters in the tender f o r m s a r e adequate and all inclusive t o accord w i t h t h e provisions in Clause-37 o f the Standard General Conditions o f Contract f o r t h e completion of works to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer.

(ii) Tenderers will examine the various provisions of The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017(CGST)/ Integrated Goods and Services T a x A c t , 2017(IGST)/ Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017(UTGST)/ respective state's State Goods and Services Tax Act (SGST) also, as notified b y Central/State G ov t & as amended from tim e t o tim e and applicable taxes before bidding. Tenderers will ensure that full benefit of Input Tax Credit (ITC) likely to be availed by them is duly considered while quoting rates.

(iii) The successful tenderer who is liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act shall submit GSTIN along with other details required under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act to railway immediately a f t e r t h e a w a r d o f contract, without w h i c h no payment shall be released to the contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for deposition of applicable GST to the concerned authority.

(iv)In case the successful tenderer is not liable t o be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/ SGST Act, the railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their b i l l s u n d e r r e v e r s e charge mechanism (RCM) and deposit t h e same to the concerned authority.

The Bid Security shall be deposited either in cash through e payment gateway or submitted as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure- VIA and shall be valid for a period of 90days beyond the bid validity period.