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OEMs can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization to its agent /dealer to quote on their behalf provided the vendor takes full responsibility for the quality of the material including warranty obligation and the inspection of product against Railways order is carried out by the nominated agency (as the case may be) at the manufacturers premises, failing which their offer is liable to be rejected.

Bulk procurement, at-least 80 percent of the net procurable quantity, will be covered invariably on the past proven suppliers. The tenderer must have supplied the same item to N.F. Rly or other Zonal Railways and documentary evidence of the performance must be furnished along with their offer. (a) The tenderer with past performance of satisfactory execution of contracts for supply of the same item for a quantity of 20% or more of tender quantity against a single contract. The period to be reckoned to consider the above performance will be current financial year upto the tender opening date of the tender under consideration and preceding 3 financial years. Credentials (Receipt Notes and/or Inspection certificates) must be uploaded along with the offer for the same item otherwise the offer is liable to be ignored. (b) If such past performance level is lower, then the offer may be considered as responsive to N.F. Railways requirement for placement of developmental order not exceeding to 20% of the net procurable quantity. (c) The tenderer who have no past performance as above may also be considered for such developmental order, but for consideration of such offers, tenderer must submit the details of M&P, testing facility, QAP and ISO 9000 / 14000 / 18000 certificates if available, technical manpower available with them or NSIC registration certificate for same item along with their offer

(a) Tenderers are hereby instructed to supply the tendered quantity to the respective consignee(s) as indicated in tender document. (b] If tenderers mention anywhere in its offer contrary to (a) above and/or mentions not to supply to some of the consignees, such offer may not be considered for ordering for such consignees where the tenderer has not agreed to directly deliver the stores without any back reference.

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.

A) Material will be inspected by Third Party Inspection (TPI) Agency against the approved sample at Manufacturer premises before dispatch of material as per policy instruction on TPI agency Annx-II attached in tender document. B) Non-acceptance of the such Inspection clause shall render the offer liable to be ignored (c) Sample approval : Firm should subm it 2 nos of advance sample before bulk supply and Inspection should be done by TPI against the approved sample.before bulk supply.

1) Firm should mention details address of the place of inspection 2) Firm to mention HSN Code & GSTIN No. of the tendered item.

3) MSE- a) MSE sources, who are interested for availing benefits under MSE Act mentioned in the notification of Ministry of MSME, will upload valid document maintained under MSE Act with their offer a copy of Udyam Registration Certificate only. MSE benefits will not be admissible based on any other document. No other document will be entertained for MSE benefit except Udyam Registration certificate. Otherwise, claim for benefits under MSE Act will not be entertained. An agent, trader or authorized dealer of manufacturer will not be eligible for such benefits. b) MSE source owned by SC/ST should also upload necessary documents to get the benefits about the status in regard to their category i.e. the ownership of MSE pertains to SC/ST/Other category clearly. Absence of any such information in the registration certificate would be taken as MSE failing in the category as OTHERS

4) MII The GOVT of India Make in India Policy circulated by Rly. Bds letterNo.2020/RS(G)/779/2/Pt.I dtd. 25.9.2020 & as amended from time to time shall 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.

SECURITY DEPOSIT 1. The successful tenderers shall, within 21 days after written notice of acceptance of tender has been posted to him, deposit Security Deposit a sum equal to (a)5% of contract value subject to maximum of Rs 50 lakh for contracts above Rs 25 lakh and up to Rs 50 crore (b) Rs 1 Cr or as fixed by Railway authorities in tender document for contract value above Rs 50 Crore, as security for satisfactory fulfillment of the contract unless otherwise SD waival is specifically mentioned in tender/LOA. 2. The Security money can be deposited in any of the following forms: 2.1 Deposit receipts, Pay orders, Demand Drafts, Guarantee Bonds issued by Nationalized or Scheduled Commercial Banks, Bonds of Indian Railway Finance Corporation and KRCL Bonds, Government Securities and deposit receipts in the post office saving banks. The Guarantee Bonds/Bank Guarantee should be submitted in the prescribed form as per Annexure-5. 2.2 Payment of Security money in the form of pay order/demand draft shall be made in favour of PFA, North East Frontier Railway payable at Maligaon. 2.3 Security deposit shall remain valid for a minimum period of 60 days beyond the date of completion of all contractual obligations of supplier. 3 The Security Deposit (SD) shall be taken from all vendors for contracts above Rs.25 lakh subject to following exemptions: a. The store contract cases of value upto Rs. 25 lakh b. Other Railways and Government departments. c. Indian Ordinance factories. d. PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them. e. In tenders issued against PAC,

OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting SD. KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from SD for items supplied by them. f. Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered shall be exempted from SD for orders valued upto their monitory limit of registration. g. Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/PUs/CORE etc., 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 from SD for these items. Note: Apart from claiming damages from vendors, in case of failure to comply with the contractual obligations, Railways shall record poor performance of the vendors for taking suitable penal action as per extant instructions. 4. However SD is not exempted If the tenderer participating in the tender is a trader/Dealer. 5. If a tenderer directly participates in the tender stipulating in IREPS that the order be placed on any other authorized dealer, they should enclose consent of the authorized dealer along with the offer. In such cases, Security Deposit shall be taken for contract value above Rs. 25 Lakhs from the dealer and not from the Principal tenderer. Warrenty period The warrenty to follow the IRS condition and keep as 30 months from the date of supply.

EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD) Tenderers are required to deposit Earnest Money online only through IREPS equivalent to the amount mentioned in the tender document. Any other mode of submission is not acceptable and in such cases, it will be considered that the offer is without EMD. Tenderers not submitting Earnest Money should clearly indicate in their offer the reasons for the same, and failure to do so will be taken as unwillingness on their part to deposit the Earnest Money. Tenderer not falling in the exempted categories mentioned in the subsequent para shall remit the Earnest Money online through Payment Gateway Facility available on the IREPS website. Earnest money shall be accepted via online payment gateway as available on IREPS portal. No other mode of submission of Earnest money is acceptable. Amount of EMD (rounded off to nearest higher Rs. 10 (ten)) to be taken in tenders, Wherever applicable. a) It will be @ 2% of the estimated tender value upto Rs. 50 Cr. subject to maximum EMD of Rs. 20 lakh. b) EMD will be Rs. 50 lakh for tenders above Rs. 50 (i) Exemption from Submission of Earnest Money: The under noted categories of tenderers need not deposit Earnest Money (a) Firms registered with MSE as specified (I) MSEs, who are interested in availing themselves of these benefits, will enclose with their offer a copy of Udyam Registration Certificate only. MSE benefits will not be admissible based on any other document. (II) Further as per Gazette notification Dt. 18.10.2022 in case of an upward change in terms of investment in plant and machinery or equipment or turnover or both and consequent re classification an enterprise shall continue to avail of all non tax benefits of the category (micro or small or medium) it was in before the re classification, for a period of three years from the date of such upward change. All MSEs shall be eligible for benefits of public procurement policy irrespective of product category under with MSEs are registered. b.Tender cases of value upto and including Rs. 25 lakh unless otherwise mentioned in the tender. c. Other Railways and Government departments. 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 in any zonal railways. 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. 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.