Steel Pipe,

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   We engage to supply the Western Railway with the articles specified above upon the terms of the Indian Railway Standard Conditions of Contract (latest revision) and upon the terms of the Revised Special Conditions and Instructions for the Guidance of the Contracts issued by the Western Railway S/137/F Revised May 2011 Amendment No. 12 of August 2018.
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   This item is restricted to be procured from CLW approved sources only . The quantity allocation shall be as under:- 1 Developmental Vendors shall be eligible for developmental order upto 20 % of NPQ in regular tenders. 2.Approved sources shall be eligible for bulk order 3. Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved source for the tendered item , developmental vendors can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, developmental vendors to upload the documents regarding their past performance for the tendered item and documents regarding their capacity/capability to manufacture and supply the tendered stores.
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   Procurement from (OEM s) manufacturers or authorized agent / dealer: 1) Either OEM should quote directly or OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization to its Agent / dealer to quote on their behalf. 2) The authorized dealer should submit valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer will be liable to be passed over. 3) Trader / Authorized dealer should mention name of Manufacturer along with complete address for inspection of material at OEM Premises in line with Tender Terms and General Conditions VERSION 2021/1 issued by the Western Railway, (Revised on :2021 Version-2021/1)
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   EMD: As per Para 0500 of Instructions to Tenderers for electronic tenders and General Conditions of tender available at IREPS portal at link https://ireps.gov.in/ireps/upload/repository/railway/483/148/public/ InstructionstoTenderersandGeneralConditionsofTenderIndigenousVersion14_2.pdf The bidder seeking EMD exemption, must submit valid supporting document for the relevant category. Under MSE category, only manufacturers having UDYAM certificate are eligible for exemption from EMD. Traders are excluded from the purview of this Policy. UDYAM certificate should be uploaded for MSE benefits. Rly Bd letter No. 2020/RS(G)/363/1 dt 03.11.2022 is applicable
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   1.Those who are not the original manufacturers of this sheet, irrespective of their MSE status of other item should apply along with EMD. 2. MSE for services not allowed for EMD exemption benefit.
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   Earnest Money Deposit (EMD): 1. EMD is exempted in case if firm will submit the bid securing declaration in IREPS as follows: I/we hereby understand and accept that if I/we withdraw of modify my/or bid during the period of validity. of if I/we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document/Notice Inviting Tender, I/we shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit and performance security/Security Deposit for a period of 6 (six) months, from the date I/we are declared disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of good issued by any unit of India Railways published during this period. 2. In case if EMD is asked EMD shall be submitted by tenderer as specified in tender schedule, along-with their online offer. Exemption will be considered in following cases: i. Micro and Small Enterprises (MSES) registered for the tendered item. ii.Other Railways and Government Departments. iii. Indian Ordnance Factories. iv. PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them. v. Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered. vi.Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/PUS/CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. vii. Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables for these items. viii. In No No NotAllowedPurchase Request https://www.ireps.gov.in/fcgi/runfrm1 of 7 02- 07-2025, 10:427399926/2025/O/o DY CMM/STORE/DHD/WKS/WR 6/46 tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued ix. KVIC and ACASH for items supplied by them. 3. Offers submitted without EMD shall be summarily rejected if not exempted as above
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   SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD): 1.0 All successful tenderer shall deposit Security Deposit (SD) amount@ 5% of contract value rounded off to nearest higher Rs.10, subject to maximum Rs. 50 lakhs forcontract value upto Rs 50 Cr. In case of contract value above Rs 50 Cr. SD will beRs 1Cr. 2.0There shall be no exemption from submission of Security Deposit (SD) for any tender or by anytenderer except following:i. The Contract value upto Rs.25 (twenty five) lakhs.ii. Other Railways and Government Departments.iii. Indian Ordnance Factories.iv.PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufacturedbythem.v. In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued vi.Manufacturers registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered for ordersvalued upto their monetary limit of registration. viii. Vendors appearing on the approved vendorlists of RDSO/PUS/CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing.ix. Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments andconsumables for these items. 3.0 Security Deposit (SD) shall remain valid for a period of 60 days,beyond the date of completion of all contractual obligations. 4.0 SD from successful tenderershould be received in purchase office within 21 days from the date acceptance letter issued bypurchaser. 5.0 In the event of successful tenderer (s) failing to deposit/submit SD inacceptableform within the prescribed period as aforesaid, the EMD submitted by such successful tenderes(s) shall be automatically adjusted towards SD. In case where available EMD amount is less thanrequired SD and the successful tenderer does not deposit the balance SD amount withinstipulated time, then EMD shall be forfeited and case be dealt withas that of withdrawal of offerby the tenderer
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   The firm has to submit documentary evidence, like PO/ Receipt note/ CRN, in support of the rates quoted by them, failing which your offer is liable to passover.

   Document optional
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   EMD & Performance bank guarantee: 1.0 On submission of the tender in IREPS it shall be considered that the firm has signed the following declaration: IWe certify that my/our offer is eligible for exemption from submission of bid security/Earnest Money Deposit, in terms of the tender conditions. In case my/our claimtoexemption from submission of bid security/Earnest Money Deposit is not found valid as per terms of the tender, IWe understand and accept that Railways has unquestionable right to summarily reject my bid and my offer shall not be considered for ordering. Further, I/we hereby understand and accept that if I/we withdraw or modify my/our bids during the period of validity, or if I/we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/ Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/ Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document/ Notice Inviting Tender, I/we shall be debarred fromexemption of submitting Bid Security/ Earnest Money Deposit and performancesecurity/ Security Deposit for a period of 6 (six) months, from the date I/ we are declared disqualified fromexemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of goods issued by any unit of Indian Railways published during this period. Theoffer will be summarily rejected if there is any deviation or non acceptance of this declarationis given anywhere in offer by tenderer. There shall be no exemption to such bidders fromsubmitting EMDNo No NotAllowedPurchase Request https://www.ireps.gov.in/fcgi/runfrm2 of 7 02-07-2025, 10:427399926/2025/O/o DY CMM/STORE/DHD/WKS/WR 7/46 and for all tenders published during the period of time they are so disqualifiedas per the declaration signed by them. 2.0 Para 1.0 above shall not be applicable for Govt. Departments/ ordnance factories/other Railways / Railway PSUs/KVIC/ACASH and matter shall be taken up withthem departmentally /administratively. 3.0 Wherever SD has been exempted, for any reason, andthe 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 SDamount, 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. 4.0 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. 5.0 SD can be submitted in following format: a. DD in the name of AFA (W&S) Dahod. b. Fixed Deposit Receipt duly discharged and stamped in favour of AFA(W&S) DAHOD, Western Railway as the case may be. c. Bank guarantee: In case Bank guarantee is submitted by supplier/contractor, the same should be in the proper prescribed format for BGas p

Check List

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   The Vendors are advised to fill "Compliance to special tender condition / Checklist" with each offer by specifically stating "yes" or "No" against each special condition / Checklist and in case of a "No" must fill reason for not agreeing with that special condition / Checklist in the remark entry box as provided therein.

Commercial-Compliance

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   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.

   Document optional

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   Preferably as per terms and condition of the tender.