Improvement to earthing arrangements at various stations & locations in Thiruvananthapuram division of Southern Railway.

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 -VI B, along with copies of Audited Balance sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited balance sheet.

For electrical works, the contractor should have a valid electrical contractor license from the concerned statutory authority of any state of India. The electrical license should be in the name of the firm's or in the name of any authorized person of the tenderers firm. It must be ensured that the validity of electrical license should be valid during the entire contract period duly renewing at appropriate time for extending validity. If the tenderer hired the electrical license, authorization of the same should be submitted.

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 one in 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. 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, ncorporated/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.

Definition of similar nature of work: Works involving wiring/lighting with 240V, 1 phase or 415V, 3 phase system with control gear and protection arrangements in residential buildings or Railway stations/yards or colony/highway lightings.

All the tenderers/Contractors have to deposit full earnest money as stipulated for the tender, through online modes as permitted in IREPS application through multiple banks net banking, debit and credit cards . All documents related to Partnership deed/Joint venture/ Consortium/ MOU, duly signed by the notary public, should be uploaded failing which offer will be summarily rejected.

I/We also hereby agree to abide by the Indian Railways Standard General Conditions Of Contract, with all correction slips up-to- date and to carry out the work according to the Special Conditions of Contract and Specifications of materials and works as laid down by Railway in the annexed Special Conditions of contract , General Instructions and conditions , explanatory notes of schedule of work and Annexures.

I/We hereby Confirm that the rates, rebates and/or other financial terms, if any, quoted by us in the relevant fields of the Financial Bid page will only be the ruling terms for deciding the inter-se ranking, and any such condition having financial repercussions, if quoted by us anywhere else including attached documents shall not be considered for deciding inter-se ranking

However, Railways shall have the right to incorporate any such condition quoted by us, in the contract, at their discretion, if contract is placed on us.

Manual submission of EMD and cost of tender form cannot be entertained/Considered and hence no need of uploading the scanned copy of financial instruments

Whether GST registration available or not?

The contractor has to submit the EPF Code as per the EPFO Act and also has to submit a statement in this regard before signing the contract agreement.

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.

The bidder has to fill in his quoted rate against each item in the Bid rate / Unit rate column. The bidding rate is Rs./ unit, the bidder has to quote his rate for the individual item only

Subsequent to the enforcement of GST Act, the modifications to Para-(a),clause 6, part I of Indian Railways Standard General condition of contract, July 2014 vide Railway Board letter No: 2017/CE/CT/4/GST(a) of 23/6/2017 is as detailed below: Clause No.6 - Care in submission of Tenders: (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 rates he enters in the tender forms are adequate and all inclusive to accord with the provisions in Clause-37 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract for the 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 Tax Act, 2017 (IGST)/Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (UTGST)/respective state's State Goods and Services Tax Act (SGST) also, as notified by Central/State Govt & as amended from time to time 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 after the award of contract, without which no payment shall be release to the contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for deposition of applicable to the concerned authority. iv) In case the successful tenderer not able to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act, the railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under reverse charge mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned authority. The contractor is liable to pay the taxes as stipulated in the GST Act and Rules and also should furnish the details of GST to deduct from the contractor's bill.