Request for Proposal for the "Construction of Patch Doubling from Km:303.556 to Km:325.528 between Aduturai (incl) and Sundaraperumal Koil (incl) stations for Civil Engineering including Utility shifting between Villupuram and Thanjavur."

Bidder shall have financial eligibility as referred in para 2.2 of RFP Document.

Bidder shall have eligibility as referred in para 2.2 of uploaded RFP Document.

Defination of Similar Work :- Any Civil engineering work involving Earthwork, Bridge work, Track work and Building work

APPENDIX-VIII -Pending Litigation as per Para 2.2.2.2

APPENDIX-VII (BID SECURITY)/EMD,(REFER Para 1.2.4 of RFP)The Bidder shall furnish as part of its Bid, a Bid Security, referred to in Clause 1.2.4 here in above through [e- payment Gateway of Authority OR in form of Bank Guarantee from a Bank as per format at Appendix VII].

ANNEXURE III TO APPENDIX IA - (FINACIAL CAPACITY OF THE BIDDER) (Refer clause 2.2.2.2, 2.2.2.8, 2.2.2.7 of RFP) The Bidder must establish the minimum Net Worth specified in Clause 2.2.2.2, and provide details as per format at Annex-III of Appendix-IA.

APPENDIX IB (LETTER COMPRISING THE FINANCIAL BID, (Para 2.1.4, 2.11 and 3.1.6 of RFP)-The Bid shall be furnished in the format exactly as per Appendix-IA & IB i.e. Technical Bid as per Appendix IA and Financial Bid as per Appendix IB and it shall be signed by the Bidder's. authorized signatory. The Bidder shall first upload all the project details as mentioned in Para No. 2.11.1 of RFP document.

The accepted rates should be deemed to include all taxes direct or indirect including Income Tax leviable under Central/State or Local Bodies Act or Rules.

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.

If the date of opening of tender is declared a holiday at a later date, the tenders will be opened on the next working day.

GST: It may please be noted that the supplier of Goods and/or services for the said tender/agreement, would be subject to GST Act and rules as applicable from time to time.

Tenderer may please note that offers received without requisite/mandatory documents as mentioned above, will be considered as invalid tender and for which contractor shall have no claim on Railway.

The tenderer s may note that the Railway reserves its right to either accept or reject any Bid/s without assigning any reasons whatsoever and tenderer s shall have no claim s on this account.

IF THE TENDERER/S DELIBERATELY GIVES WRONG INFORMATION/ CREDENTIALS/DOCUMENTS IN HIS/THEIR TENDERS AND THEREBY CREATE S CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF HIS/THEIR TENDER, RAILWAY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AT ANY STAGE, BESIDES, BANNING OF BUSINESS FOR FIVE YEARS ON ENTIRE IR .

The contractor shall be responsible for the observance of the rules and regulations under the mines act and mineral rules and Indian Metallurgical rules and regulations of State/Central Govt. concerned as amended from time to time.

Tenderers shall hold the offer open for acceptance for a minimum period of 180 days from the date of opening of the tender.

Bidder must submit Financial Bid and Technical Bid at E - procurement portal on or before the Bid due date. Bids received online shall be opened on the time as mentioned in the Key Information Table at clause 1.1.2 of RFP

STUDY OF DRAWINGS AND LOCAL CONDITIONS: The drawings for theworks can be seen in the office of the Deputy Chief Engineer/CN/II/TPJ/ Southern Railway. It should be noted that these drawings are meant for general guidance only and Railway may suitably modify them during the execution of work according to the circumstances without making the Railways liable for any claims on account of such changes. If there is any variation between the description in the tender and the detailed plans, the Engineer-in-Charge will operate the correct description and his decision is final and binding on the tenderer/ Contractor. The Tenderer/Contractor is required to inspect the sites of works and acquaint himself with the site conditions, availability of approaches for transporting of men and materials, space and other factors relating to the works, availability of labour, electricity and water, etc., before quoting his rates. The extent of lead and lift involved in the execution of works and any difficulties involved in the execution of work should also be examined before formulating the rates for complete items of works described in the schedule. The Tender submitted will be deemed to have been made after such inspection.

CORRIGENDUM NOTICE ON IREPS: [I]Railway may modify the tender document by issuing online corrigendum through "www.ireps.gov.in" 15 days prior to the tender closing date. For the purpose of CORRIGENDUM in the tender, NIT period is splitted as under: (a) ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD: The time during which all information pertaining to tender shall be available butoffers cannot be submitted (b) OFFER SUBMISSION PERIOD: 15 days prior toclosing of tender, during which tenderers can submit their offer.

Tenderer(s) shall note that conditional/alternate offer will not be considered and will summarily be rejected, even though such condition makes them as the lowest tenderer.

Applicable for the tenders with eligibility criteria: The offer of Tenderer(s) who do not enclose Work Experience Certificate & Financial eligibility Certificate with requisite details, and supporting documents along with their Tender to establish their credentials shall be summarily rejected, even though they are working contractors or contractors on approved list.

The offer shall be evaluated only from the certificates/documents submitted along with the tender offer.

The offer shall be evaluated only from the certificates/documents submitted along with the tender offer.

Railway reserves the right to verify the authenticity of the documents/information furnished.

Contact Person's: Dy.CE/CN/II/TPJ Mob. No. 9003145258 & Dy.CE/CN/Procurement Mob. No.9003145201

Beneficiary details: President of India acting through The FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, CONSTRUCTION, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, CHENNAI-600 008

Contract Signing Authority: President of India acting through The DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION), SOUTHERN RAILWAY, TPJ