Contract for Maintenance of Running room and allied activities including Supply of Subsidized food to LPs/ALPs/TMRs and Loading and Unloading of Line Boxes of LPs/ALPs/TMRs at Pondicherry (PDY) for a period of two years (731 days).

Financial turnover : The bidder should have an aggregate financial turnover not less than 1.5 times the advertised bid value during the last three previous financial years and in the current financial year up to the date of opening of the tender . The audited balance sheet reflecting financial turnover certified by chartered accountant with her stamp, signature and membership number shall be considered

Liquidity: The bidder should have access to or has available liquid assets, lines of credit and other financial means to meet cash flow that is valued at 5% of the estimated bid value net of applicant's commitments for other contracts. The audited balance sheet and/or banking reference certified by chartered accountant with her stamp, signature and membership number shall be submitted by the bidder along with bid. Banking reference should contain in clear terms the amount that bank will be in a position to lend for this work to the applicant/member of the Joint Venture/Consortium. In case the Net Current Assets (as seen from the Balance Sheets) are negative, only the Banking references will be considered. Otherwise the aggregate of the Net Current Assets and submitted Banking references will be considered for working out the Liquidity. The banking reference should be from a Scheduled Bank in India and it should not be more than 3 months old as on date of submission of bids

Work Experience - The bidder should have satisfactorily completed in the last three previous financial years and the current financial year upto the date of opening of the tender, one similar single service contract for a minimum of 35% of advertised value of the bid.Completed service contract includes on-going service contract subject to payment of bills amounting to at least 35% of the advertised value of the bid. Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be accepted.Notes: The bidder shall submit details of work executed by them in the prescribed format as mentioned in Annexure - II of Scope of work along with bid for the service contracts to be considered for qualification of work experience criteria clearly indicating the nature/scope of contract, actual completion cost and actual date of completion for such contract.

Definition of Similar Work :- "Tenderer should have experience in house keeping and catering services on (a) Any Government or Public Sector Undertaking (or) (b) Railway staff canteens (or) (c) Railway running rooms or hospitals"

All the tenderers/Contractors have to deposit full earnest money and tender document cost as stipulated for the tender , ONLY through online modes as permitted in IREPS application through multiple banks net banking, debit and credit cards.

Until a formal agreement is prepared and executed, acceptance of this tender shall constitute a binding contract between us, subject to modifications, as may be mutually agreed to between us and indicated in the letter of acceptance of my/our offer for this work.

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/Specifications, Schedule of Rates with all correction slips up to date for the present contract

I/We have read the various conditions to tender attached hereto and agree to abide by the said conditions

I/We also agree to keep this tender open for acceptance for a period of 60 days from the date fixed for opening the same.

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.

I/We have read the various conditions attached/ referred to in this tender document, and agree to abide by the said conditions.

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

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.

I f the Tenderer (s) deliberately give(s) wrong information/incorrect documents in his/their tender o r create circumstances f o r t h e acceptance o f his/their tender , the Railway reserves the right to reject such tender at any stage. The entire EMD and any other dues available with Railway against that contract will be forfeited. Action will be taken to suspend the business with the tenderer for a period of one year . In addition, Administration reserves t h e r i g h t to prosecute the tenderer under suitable law.

All terms and conditions in the tender documents are binding on the Tenderers.

Railways reserves t h e right t o accept o r reject any or all the tenders and to award t h e w o r k i n whole o r i n p a r t without assigning the reason for any such action.

The Tenderers are advised to visit the site o f work i n their own interest and acquaint themselves with the site conditions and expected quantum o f work and assess all the site specific difficulties to be experienced while executing the same and the rate shall be arrived duly considering all the facts above and quoted in the tender. Any representation at a later date specifying the site difficulties shall not be considered.

T h e tenderer shall go through the entire tender documents thoroughly and strictly adhere the instructions and directions given at different pages.

Tender Document Cost once paid is non-refundable.

Unreleased EMD of any tenderers, if any, held with the Railway Administration, shall not be adjusted towards the EMD to be remitted.

All the required/supporting documents should be scanned and uploaded.

Contractors are allowed TO make payments against this tender towards tender document cost AND earnest money ONLY through ONLINE payment modes available ON IREPS portal LIKE net banking, debit card, credit card etc. MANUAL payments through Demand draft, Banker cheque, Deposit receipts, FDR etc. are NOT allowed.