Supply of welding portion and welding of 52 kg/90 UTS,60 kg/90UTS, 60kg/R260 rails in connection with various track works in the juridiction of Sr.DEN/II/LJN, Lucknow NE, Railway.

As a proof of sufficient financial capacity:- 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-D, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

The tenderer must have successfully completed as defined in 1.1 during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: Three similar works costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or Two similar works costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or One similar work costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender. (Credential from private individuals for whom such works are executed/being executed should not be accepted).{Authentic copy of the documents should be uploaded by the tenderer(s) along with their offer to fulfill the eligibility criteria otherwise their offers will not be considered and summarily rejected}.

Welding of Rail Joints and supply of welding materials.(Firm should be on approved list of RDSO)

(A) The stamp duty payable in Bank Guarantee for Bid Security and Performance guarantee differs from state/Union of Territory to state/Union of Territory as per the provisions of stamp Duty Act applicable in that particular state/Union of Territory on the date of execution of Bank Guarantee. The value of Non-Judicial Stamp paper for execution of the BG to be submitted shall be higher of the following two values:- (a) Stamp value as applicable in state/Union Territory from where Stamp paper is purchased. (b) Stamp value as applicable in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Stamp Duty applicable in the state of Uttar Pradesh for submission of Bank Guarantee for Bid Security and Performance Guarantee is Rs. Five per thousand or part thereof, subjected to maximum value of Rs. Ten Thousand (Rs. 10,000/-). (B) Bid offer of tenderer who submits Bank Guarantee in lieu of Bid security in violation of Para (A) above will be summarily rejected.

Audited Balance Sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant regarding contractual payments received in the past.

Please submit your bank details i.e.Name of the Bank along with Bank Branch Code, Account Number, IFSC Code, and PAN Number.

Please furnish list of plant and Machinery available on hand own and proposed to be inducted own and hired to be given separately for the subject work.

Please furnish list of Works on hand indicating Description of Work, Contract Value, Approximate value of balance work yet to be done and Date of award.

Certificates and testimonials regarding contracting experience for the type of job for which tender is invited with list of works carried out in the past giving Description of Work, Organization for whom executed, approximate value of contract at time of award, Date of award and Date of Completion. Date of actual Start, Actual Completion and Final value of Contract shall also be given.

Please furnish list of personal, organization available on hand and proposed to be engaged for the subject work.

At the time of submission of bid, if you have any special Condition then upload in scanned pdf copy.

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.

POA :- Regarding Power of Attorney, the conditions as per General Manager/Law/Gorakhpur's letter No. C/78/LO/Misc/HO/2024 dated 05.08.2024 attached herewith shall be applicable.

The earnest money deposited with the tender of successful tenderer will be retained as part of security deposit which will be 5 percent of the value of work awarded. The balance amount of security deposit will recovered on account bills of the work @ 6 percent till it reaches upto 5 percent of the value including earnest money.

For enactment of this Act, the tenderer shall be required to pay cess 1 of cost of construction work to be deducted from each bill. Cost of material shall be outside the purview of cess, when supplied under a separate schedule item Railway Boards No. 2008/ CE-1 CT/6 Dt. 09-07-2008

Rates are inclusive of all taxes/octroi, license fee, royalty charges etc. legally leviable by State, Central Govt. and/or any other local authority.

For those conditions for which standard formats have been given in the uploaded document titled-Formats for uploading of various format. The informations should only be submitted in these standard formats.

In addition to General condition of contract 2022 and Indian Railways Unified standard specification Works Materials Volume I II 2010, revised upto date, special condition attached shall also apply.

Sales tax/Business tax will be recovered as per extant instruction on the subject.

The successful tenderer will have to submit full security deposit as per GCC-2022 before execution of the agreement.

a) The successful bidder shall have to submit a Performance Guarantee (PG) within 21 (Twenty one) days from the date of issue of Letter of Acceptance (LOA). Extension of time for submission of PG beyond 21 (Twenty one) days and upto 60 days from the date of issue of LOA may be given by the Authority who is competent to sign the contract agreement. However, a penal interest of 12% per annum shall be charged for the delay beyond 21(Twenty one) days, i.e. from 22nd day after the date of issue of LOA. Further, if the 60th day happens to be a declared holiday in the concerned office of the Railway, submission of PG can be accepted on the next working day. In all other cases, if the Contractor fails to submit the requisite PG even after 60 days from the date of issue of LOA, the contract is liable to be terminated. In case contract is terminated railway shall be entitled to forfeit Earnest Money Deposit and other dues payable against that contract. In case a tenderer has not submitted Earnest Money Deposit on the strength of their registration as a Startup recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, DIPP shall be informed to this effect. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in re-tender for that work.

b) The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee PG in any of the following forms, amounting to 5 percent of the contract value: i A deposit of Cash ii Irrevocable Bank Guarantee iii Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5 percent below the market value i v Deposit Receipts, Pay Orders, Demand Drafts and Guarantee Bonds. These forms of Performance Guarantee could be either of the State Bank of India or of any of the Nationalized Banks v Guarantee Bonds executed or Deposits Receipts tendered by all Scheduled Banks v i A Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank vii A Deposit in the National Savings Certificates viii Twelve years National Defence Certificates ix Ten years Defence Deposits x National Defence Bonds and xi Unit Trust Certificates at 5 percent below market value or at the face value whichever is less. Also, FDR in favour of FA & CAO/N. E. Railway free from any encumbrance may be accepted.

(1)Price Variation Clause (PVC) shall be applicable only in tender having advertised value above Rs.2 Crores. Provided further that, in a contract where PVC is applicable, following shall be outside the purview of price adjustments (i.e. shall be excluded from the gross value of the work for the purpose of price variation) : (a) Materials supplied by Railway to the Contractors, either free or at fixed rate; (b) Any extra item(s) included in subsequent variation falling outside the purview of the Bill(s) of Quantities of tender, under clause 39. (1)(b) of these Standard General Conditions, unless applicability of PVC and 'Base Month' has been specially agreed, while fixing the rates of such extra item(s).(2) Price Variation Clause for Annual Maintenance Contract or Zonal Contract :- The price variation Clause of General Conditions of Contract shall not apply to a works contract which is either an Annual Maintenance Contract or a Zonal Contract as per Railway Boards letter No. 2013/CE/I/CT/O/10-PVC-Pt.I dated 27.01.2015 & 2017/Trans/01/Policy dated 08.02.2018.(3) Price Variation Clause shall be applicable accordingly attached document.

Bank Guarantees BGs to be submitted by suppliers/contractors should be sent directly to the Divisional Railway Manager/Engineering, N.E. Railway, Ashok Marg, Lucknow- 226001 by issuing Bank under registered Post A.D.

1- The B.G. Bonds submitted by contractors/bidders should be issued via SFMS. 2- The online verification of such B.G. Bonds is carried out through the AIMS portal. 3- No B.G. Bond is accepted unless it is verifiable through the SFMS system.

(1) Earnest Money Cost: -All the tenderers/Contractors have to deposit full earnest money as stipulated in the tender document through online modes as permitted in IREPS application. (2) Tender Document Cost: -All the tenderers/Contractors have to deposit tender document cost as stipulated in the tender document through online modes as permitted in IREPS application.

a- One qualified Graduate Engineer where the cost of the work to be executed is Rs.200 lakh and above. b- One qualified Diploma Holder Engineer where the cost of the work to be executed is more then Rs.25 lakh, but less then Rs.200 lakh. Technical staff should be available at site whenever required by the Engineer-in-charge to take instructions. In case the contractor fails to employ the qualified Engineer, he shall be liable to pay amount of Rs.40000 and Rs.25000 for each month or part thereof for the default period for the provisions, as contained in para a and b above respectively. The decision of the Engineer-incharge as to the period for which the required technical staff was not employed by the contractor and as to the reasonableness of the amount to be deducted on this account shall be final and binding on the contractor.

Care in Submission of Tenders :

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 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.

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 states State Goods and Services Tax Act (SGST) also, as notified by Central/State Govt. and 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.

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 released to the contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for deposition of applicable GST to the concerned authority.

In case the successful tenderer is not liable 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.

All documents related to Constitution of Firm by the Partnership Firm/ Joint venture/ Society/Companies/ MOU etc. duly notorized should be uploaded at the time of submission of bid.

The tenderer shall upload scanned copies of mandatory credentials such as experience certificates (Except Private Individual), turn over Certificates and any other documents as applicable.

Goods & Service Tax (GST) will be recovered as per extant instruction on the subject.

As per GCC-2022 ACS-11 dated-13.03.2026- New Para 16(4) (h) of Part-II of GCC'22- (h)- If a tender is accepted on the quoted rates of bidder which is below the advertised tender value, an additional performance security shall be submitted by the bidder as below: (1)- If bid quoted in % of advertised cost is below 0 to 5 % (inclusive) than additional Performance guarantee will be "Nil". (2)-If bid quoted in % of advertised cost is below 5% then an additional Performance guarantee of 5% will be submitted by the tenderer.

As per Railway board letter No. 2022/CE-III/Bridge Policy (E- 3406846) dated 29.12.2025 and NER/HQ letter No.-W/29/0/A/Pt IX/W5 Dated-18.02.2026, The maintenance period will be 04 years for following categories of work: a) Construction of ROB/RUB/LHS. b) Construction of new Rail Bridges/ROR. c) Re- building of existing bridges.