Superior quality Pillow

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   i. Bidder must be OEM or its authorized dealer having tender specific authorization. Authorized dealers with valid authorization from OEM can also quote on behalf of OEM provided the OEM takes full responsibility for the quality of the material including warranty obligations and the inspection against Railways orders.

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   ii. OEM means the firm that has its own manufacturing facility from start to finish (i.e. spinning, weaving & processing) of the tendered product under same PAN Card. In this regard, a certificate of capacity cum capability to be furnished by manufacturer issued by RITES along with the offer. ((In case of Pillows - Processing means filling of fiber)

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   iii. Financial Capability: OEMs Total Gross Revenue from Operations/Gross Sales Value, within the period of current financial year & previous three financial years (period to be reckoned as on the date of tender opening) must be minimum 150% of the estimated tender value. Bidder must submit a summary of financial year wise Gross Revenue from Operations/Gross Sales Value of OEM to show the compliance of this condition, duly supported by the copies of Income & Expenditure Statement or Profit & Loss account pertaining to the above period. These financial statements must be certified by a Chartered Accountant or any Statutory Auditor.

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   iv. OEM must have in-house lab in their premises along with all testing procedures in their in-house lab required for ensuring quality of all parameters for the ease of doing stage inspections and also to make sure that supplier is able to provide linen of required quality to Railways.

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   vi. OEM should be ISO-9001, ISO- 14001 & ISO-45001 and certificate to be furnished along with the offer.

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   v. OEMs Test Report issued by NITRA/BTRA/SITRA/ATIRA/WRA lab for proving conformity to tendered specification to be submitted along with the offer.

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   vii. OEM premises must be certified under Pollution Control Board for all stages of manufacturing for Pollution control norms. Certificate to be furnished along with the offer.

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   viii. OEM should be Oeko-Tex (Standard 100 Product Class-II) certified and valid certificate to be furnished along with the offer. (Standard 100 Product Class-I is also acceptable. Respective product name i.e "Pillow" must be included in the certification scope)

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   This item is reserved to be procured from MSE registered source only. The Tenderer must submit along with the Tender the proof of their being MSE registered with any of the agencies mentioned in the notification of Ministry of MSME and which are also indicated in the Para 2 of the Instructions to Tenderers for electronic Tender. The manufacturers participating directly in the tender shall submit the MSE registration certificate along with the offer. The firm who are traders are required to submit the MSE registration certificate of their principal and tender specific authorization letter from their principal manufacturer on their letter head along with the tender.

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    In case if no MSE vendor is found eligible for this item , then Non - MSE firms will be considered as eligible for order placement

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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.

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General Instructions

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   Make in India Consideration: Provisions for procurement under Public procurement (Preference to make in India) policy under Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) order 2017 dt.15.6.2017 and Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) order 2017_ Revision dt. 04.06.2020 along with latest amendments shall be applicable as per Clause 2.4.2 of Instructions to Tenderers (ITT)Revision_1.21, Issue: April_2024 and Correction Slip No. 1 issued by Northern Railway.
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   Restrictions of procurement from the bidders from countries sharing land borders with India as per Clause 2.4.3 of Instructions to Tenderers (ITT) Revision_1.21, Issue: April_2024 issued by Northern Railway & correction slip No.1 issue_April 2024.
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   (a) Unless fulfilling the condition detailed in sub-clause (b) below, bidders are required to quote for a quantity not less than 50% of the tendered quantity for consideration of eligibility for regular ordering, and quantity not less than 10% of the tendered quantity for consideration of eligibility for developmental ordering, as per the eligibility requirement of the tender. Offers for quantity less than 50% of tendered quantity from vendors eligible for regular ordering and offers for quantity less than 10% of tendered quantity from vendors eligible for developmental ordering will be considered unresponsive and will be summarily rejected. This condition will not be applicable if part quantity bidding is permitted in NIT.
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   In supersession of Para 2.4.2-8(A) & (B) of NR ITT Rev. 1.21 of April 2024, following shall be applicable (i). At the time of tender bidding the bidders shall be required to indicate percentage of local content. The bidders should mandatorily indicate percentage of local content in their offer in IREPS. (ii). In cases of Contracts/ POs for a value in excess of Rs. 10 cores, the contractor shall be required to provide a certificate from the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company (in the case of companies) or form a practicing cost accountant or practicing chartered accountant (in respect of suppliers other than companies) giving the percentage of local content. Such certificates shall be required to be submitted by the contractor along with their each online bill in IREPS. The supplier must include 'PO number & PO date', name of item, name of firm, local content percentage, and details of the location(s) at which the local value addition is made, in the certificate. In case the contractor/supplier does not meet the stipulated local content requirement and the category of the supplier changes from Class-I to Class-II/ Non-local or from Class-II to Non-local, a penalty in the form of deduction of 10% of the contract value shall be imposed. For severable contracts or in case of part supply, a penalty in the form of deduction of 10% of the value shall be imposed commensurate to that lot only. This penalty of 10% on the contract value will be over and above the liquidated damages & other deductions/penalties if any applicable in the contract. However, contract once awarded shall not be terminated on this account.

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   i).Non submission of document(s) shall be treated as non compliance to the specification, eligibility and terms & conditions of bid, Offer of such bidders shall be rejected without any back reference. ii)Bidders should carefully examine the Railway`s Specification, Special Terms & Conditions etc. before submitting their offers iii)Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.