Provision of Inspection Pathway on top chord and access ladders over end rakers of Open Web Girder Br.No. 391 UP (17x61.0m) between CKG - GHT in Lucknow Division, Br.No. 137UP (13x30.5m) & 137Dn(13x30.5m) between ARJ-RJI in BSB Division and Br.No. 270(8x30.5m) between SSC-PBE in IZN Division of N.E.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-VIB, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

(a)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. (b) (1)In case of tenders for composite works (e.g. works involving more than one distinct component, such as Civil Engineering works, S&T works, Electrical works, OHE works etc. and in the case of major bridges - substructure, superstructure etc.), 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 each component of tender, or (ii)Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of each component of tender, or (iii)One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of each component of tender. Note for b(1): Separate completed works of minimum required values shall also be considered for fulfillment of technical eligibility criteria for different components. (b)(2)In such cases, what constitutes a component in a composite work shall be clearly pre-defined with estimated tender cost of it, as part of the tender documents without any ambiguity. (b) (3) To evaluate the technical eligibility of tenderer, only components of work as stipulated in tender documents for evaluation of technical eligibility, shall be considered. The scope of work covered in other remaining components shall be either executed by tenderer himself if he has work experience as mentioned in clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contractor through subcontractor fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract or jointly i.e., partly himself and remaining through subcontractor, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing. However, if required in tender documents by way of Special Conditions, a formal agreement duly notarised, legally enforceable in the court of law, shall be executed by the main contractor with the subcontractor for the component(s) of work proposed to be executed by the subcontractor(s), and shall be submitted along with the offer for considering subletting of that scope of work towards fulfilment of technical eligibility. Such subcontractor must fulfill technical eligibility criteria as follows: The subcontractor shall have successfully completed at least one work similar to work proposed for subcontract, costing not less than 35% value of work to be subletted, in last 5 years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited through a works contract.

Note: for subletting of work costing up to Rs 50 lakh, no previous work experience of subcontractor shall be asked for by the Railway.

In case after award of contract or during execution of work it becomes necessary for contractor to change subcontractor, the same shall be done with subcontractor(s) fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing. Note for Item 10.1: 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, incorporated/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.

Similar Nature of Work required for this tender -'Fabrication/erection of steel structures or Fabrication of steel channel sleepers .'

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

Please furnish the list of Plant & Machinery on hand and proposed to be engaged for the tendered work,as per Performa given in Annexure- D of tender document/clause 11(iii) in Part-I Tender form(second sheet) of GCC April-2022)

Please submit declaration regarding association of Rly. officers /Retired Rly. Employee as per Performa given in Annexure- H of tender document/clause 16 in Part-I Tender form (second sheet) of GCC April-2022.

{Note - Tenderer must read all instruction given in SN 4, 4.1 & 4.2 which are in continuation before submitting their tender} The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own (Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / Company / Joint Venture (JV) / Registered Society / Registered Trust / Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) / Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern, and copy of PAN Card along with their tender. Tender Documents in such cases are to be signed by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm, company, association, trust or society, as the case may be. (ii)Following documents shall be submitted by the tenderer: -- continued in 4.1 below --

(a)Sole Proprietorship Firm: (i)All documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) above. (b)HUF: (i)A copy of notarized affidavit on Stamp Paper declaring that he who is submitting the tender on behalf of HUF is in the position of 'Karta' of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and he has the authority, power and consent given by other members to act on behalf of HUF. (ii)All other documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) above. (c)Partnership Firm: (i)All documents as mentioned in para18 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet). (d)Joint Venture (JV): All documents as mentioned in para 17 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet). (e)Company registered under Companies Act2013: (i)The copies of MOA (Memorandum of Association) / AOA (Articles of Association) of the company (ii)A copy of Certificate of Incorporation (iii)A copy of Authorization/Power of Attorney issued by the Company (backed by the resolution of Board of Directors) in favour of the individual to sign the tender on behalf of the company and create liability against the company. (iv)All other documents in terms Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) above. (f)LLP (Limited Liability Partnership): (i)A copy of LLP Agreement (ii)A copy of Certificate of Incorporation (iii)A copy of Power of Attorney/Authorization issued by the LLP in favour of the individual to sign the tender on behalf of the LLP and create liability against the LLP. (iv)An undertaking by all partners of the LLP that they are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of the Govt. of India from participation in tenders / contracts as on the date of submission of bids, either in their individual capacity or in any firm/LLP or JV in which they were / are partners/members. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract. (v)All other documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet). (g)Registered Society & Registered Trust: (i)A copy of Certificate of Registration (ii)A copy of Memorandum of Association of Society/Trust Deed (iii)A copy of Power of Attorney in favour of the individual to sign the tender documents and create liability against the Society/Trust. (iv)A copy of Rules & Regulations of the Society (v)All other documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) above.

The tenderer whether sole proprietor / a company or a partnership firm / joint venture (JV) / registered society / registered trust / HUF / LLP etc if they want to act through agent or individual partner(s), should submit along with the tender, a copy of power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they be partner(s) of the firm or any other person, specifically authorizing him/them to sign the tender, submit the tender and further to deal with the Tender/ Contract up to the stage of signing the agreement except in case where such specific person is authorized for above purposes through a provision made in the partnership deed / Memorandum of Understanding / Article of Association /Board resolution, failing which tender shall be summarily rejected. A separate power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they be partner(s) of the firm or any other person, shall be submitted after award of work, specifically authorizing him/them to deal with all other contractual activities subsequent to signing of agreement, if required. Note: A Power of Attorney executed and issued overseas, the document will also have to be legalized by the Indian Embassy and notarized in the jurisdiction where the Power of Attorney is being issued. However, the Power of Attorney provided by Bidders from countries that have signed the Hague Legislation Convention 1961 are not required to be legalized by the Indian Embassy if it carries a conforming Appostille certificate.

A member of JV shall not be permitted to participate either in individual capacity or as a member of another JV in the same tender. A partner of the partnership firm shall not be permitted to participate either in his individual capacity or as a partner of any other firm in the same tender.

Please submit an undertaking by the proprietor of sole Proprietorship firm/HUF /all partners of a partnership firm/ all members of JV/company/LLP that the Sole proprietor/HUF/all partners/all the members/company/ LLP is not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of opening of bids, either in individual capacity or as a member of the partnership firm or JV in which he /HUF /partners/members /company /LLP was/is a partner/member . Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract.

After opening of the tender, any document pertaining to the constitution of Sole Proprietorship Firm / Partnership Firm / Registered Company/ Registered Trust / Registered Society / HUF/LLP etc. shall be neither asked nor considered, if submitted. Further, no suo moto cognizance of any document available in public domain (i.e., on internet etc.) or in Railway's record/office files etc. will be taken for consideration of the tender, if no such mention is available in tender offer submitted.

1. Please furnish list of Works on hand as per given Annexure-E .Works on hand is required for calculation of Bid Capacity. Bid Capacity is applicable in works costing more than Rs 20 cr. or as prescribed by Railways through instruction/NIT issued for the work, the tenderers who meet the minimum eligibility criteria will be qualified only if their available bid capacity is equal to or more than the total bid value of the present tender. In case, the tenderer/s failed to submit the above statement along with offer, their/his offer shall be considered as incomplete and will be rejected summarily. 2. As per Railway Board Board letter No - 2017/Trans/01/Policy New Delhi, dated: 08 - 02- 2018 , in case of more than one L-1 bidders, tender may be awarded to tenderer having higher Bid Capacity. In case Bid Capacity is also the same, tenderer having done more value of similar work in last three previous financial years and the current financial year upto the date of opening of the tender, may be selected for the award. 3 . I f more than one bidders becomes L-1 a n d bid capacity has not been submitted by these L- 1 bidders with the tenders , in that case they are required to submit Bid capacity when asked .

T h e tenderer shall submit along w i t h t h e tender document, documents in support of his/their claim to fulfill the eligibility criteria , and any other document as applicable & mentioned in the tender document.

Please submit Copy of PAN/TAN card. The partnership firm should have PAN/TAN number in its own name and PAN/TAN number in the name of any of the constituent partners shall not be considered (Ref : Chapter-4 clause 2.5.3 of Tender Document/clause No. 14, 17 & 18 in Part-I Tender form second sheet of GCC April-2022.

Please submit a copy of GST registration (clause 6 of part-I of GCC April-2022).

The tenderer shall be required to submit the Bid Security with the tender for the due performance with the stipulation to keep the offer open till such date as specified in the tender, under the conditions of tender. (i)The Bid Security shall be rounded off to the nearest 100. This Bid Security shall be applicable for all modes of tendering. (ii)Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security detailed above. (iii)Labour Cooperative Societies shall submit only 50% of above Bid Security detailed above.

The Bid Security shall be deposited either in cash through e payment gateway or submitted as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure-VIA and shall be valid for a period of 90days beyond the bid validity period. (3)In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, following shall be ensured: i.A scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee shall be uploaded on e- Procurement Portal (IREPS) while applying to the tender. ii.The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the official nominated as indicated in the tender document within 5 working days of deadline of submission of bids. iii.Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee with the bid on e-tendering portal (IREPS) and/or non submission of original Bank Guarantee within the specified period shall lead to summary rejection of bid. iv.The Tender Security shall remain valid for a period of 90 days beyond the validity period for the Tender. v.The details of the BG, physically submitted should match with the details available in the scanned copy and the data entered during bid submission time, failing which the bid will be rejected vi.The Bank Guarantee shall be placed in an envelope, which shall be sealed. The envelope shall clearly bear the identification "Bid for the ***** Project" and shall clearly indicate the name and address of the Bidder. In addition, the Bid Due Date should be indicated on the right hand top corner of the envelope. vii.The envelope shall be addressed to the officer and address as mentioned in the tender document. viii.If the envelope is not sealed and marked as instructed above, the Authority assumes no responsibility for the misplacement or premature opening of the contents of the Bid submitted and consequent losses, if any, suffered by the Bidder.

In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, following shall be ensured: (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 13.1.1 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.

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.

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

Please furnish list of Works completed in last three financial years 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. as per Performa given in Annexure- E of tender document/clause 11(iii) in Part-I Tender form(second sheet) of GCC April 2022.

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

Maintenance period is 12 month from the date of completion of the work

When work is tendered for by a firm or company, the tender shall be signed by the individual legally authorized to enter into commitments on their behalf (clause 6(b) of Part-I of GCC April- 2022).

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

The whole of the work shall be executed in conformity with the upto date General Condition of Contract with upto date amendment if any and N. E. Railways Standard Specification of the material and work, all corrected up-todate, in conjunction with special conditions mentioned below and in the event of any conflict or contradiction between the provision of special conditions and upto date General Condition of Contract with latest correction slips if any and N. E. Railways Standard Specification, the special conditions given hereunder shall prevail. The decision of the Engineer in this connection will be final and binding on the contractor.

The Railway will not be bound by any power of attorney granted by the tenderer or by changes in the composition of the firm made subsequent to the execution of the contract. It may, however, recognize such power of attorney and changes after obtaining proper legal advice, the cost of which will be chargeable to the Contractor (clause 6(c) of part-I of GCC April- 2022).

The successful tenderer will have to submit full Performance Guarantee @ 5 percent as per Railway Board letter No. 2007/CE- 1/CT/18/PT-XII Dt:-31-12-10 and 2020/CE-1/CT/3E/GCC/Policy dated 20.11.2020 before execution of the agreement.

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 22ndday after the date of issue of LOA. Further, if the 60thday 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 Bid Security and other dues payable to the contractor against that particular contract, subject to maximum of PG amount. In case a tenderer has not submitted Bid Security 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) amounting to 5% of the original contract value and Additional Performance Guarantee as per clause 16(4)(h) in any of the following forms :- (i)A deposit of Cash; (ii)Irrevocable Bank Guarantee; (iii)Insurance Surety Bond as per Annexure- XVII. In case of extension of Date of Completion, selected bidder needs to submit extended Insurance Surety Bond/Fresh Insurance Surety Bond/fresh Performance Security, in any form as given above, before expiry of existing Insurance Surety Bond. (iv)Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5% below the market value; (v)Pay Orders and Demand Drafts tendered by any Scheduled Commercial Bank of India; (vi)Guarantee Bonds executed or Deposits Receipts tendered by any Scheduled Commercial Bank of India; (vii)Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank; (viii)Deposit in the National Savings Certificates; (ix)Twelve years National Defence Certificates; (x)Ten years Defence Deposits; (xi)National Defence Bonds and (xii)Unit Trust Certificates at 5% below market value or at the face value whichever is less. Also, FDR in favour of FA&CAO (free from any encumbrance) may be accepted.

As per New Para 16(4)(h) of Part-II of GCC'22 Advance Correction Slip No. 11, Rly Bd's Letter No. 2022/CE-I/CT/GCC- 2022/Policy/Pt.I (E- 3320424) dated 13.03.2026 (h) If a tender is accepted on the quoted rates of bidder which is below the 6.2.1 advertised tender value, an additional performance security shall be submitted by the bidder as below: Bid quoted in % of advertised cost Below 0-5% (inclusive) Additional Performance Guarantee (%) is Nil and Bid quoted in % of advertised cost Below 5% then Additional Performance Guarantee (%) is 5%.

Bank Guarantees BG s to be submitted by suppliers/contractors should be sent directly to the concerned authorities by issuing Bank under registered Post A.D.

Care In Submission of Tender: (i) Before Submitting a tender , the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the Site and locality of the work , that all conditions liable to be encountered during the execution of the works are taken in to 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) Tenderer 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 duty considered while quoting rates. (iii)The Successful Tenderer who is liable to be registered under GST/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. (iv) 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.

Joint Venture/MOU/Consortium are not permitted and any tender received with Joint Venture/MOU/ Consortium shall not be entertained.

The tenderers shall submit a copy of certificate stating that all their statements/documents submitted along with bid are true and factual. Standard format of certificate to be submitted by the bidder is enclosed as Annexure-A. Non submission of above certificate by the bidder shall result in summarily rejection of his/their bid. It shall be mandatorily incumbent upon the tenderer to identify, state and submit the supporting documents duly self attested by which they/he is qualifying the Qualifying Criteria mentioned in the Tender Document (clause 6.1 of Part-I of GCC April-2022).

The Railway reserves the right of not to invite tenders for any of Railway work or works or to invite open or limited tenders and when tenders are called to accept a tender in whole or in part or reject any tender or all tenders without assigning reasons for any such action. In case if tender is accepted in part by Railway administration, Letter of Acceptance shall be issued as counter offer to the Tenderer, which shall be subject to acceptance by the Tenderer.(clause 7 of Part-I of GCC April 2022).

The Tenderer whose tender is accepted shall be required to appear in person at the office of CWM/Bridge Works/NER, or if tenderer is a firm or corporation, a duly authorized representative shall appear and execute the contract agreement within seven days of notice from Railways that the Contract Agreement is ready. The Contract Agreement shall be entered into by Railway only after submission of valid Performance Guarantee by the Contractor. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of the agreement affected by the acceptance of the tender. In such cases the Railway may determine that such tenderer has abandoned the contract and there upon his tender and acceptance thereof shall be treated as cancelled and the Railway shall be entitled to forfeit the full amount of the Earnest Money and other dues payable to the Contractor under this contract. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in the re-tender for that work.

The Tenderer(s) shall keep the offer open for a minimum period of 45 days (in case of two packet system of tendering 60 days) from the date of opening of the Tender. It is understood that the tender documents have been issued to the Tenderer(s) and the Tenderer(s), is / are permitted to tender in consideration of the stipulation on his / their part that after submitting his / their tender subject to the period being extended further, if required by mutual agreement from time to time, he will not resile from his offer or modify the terms and conditions thereof in a manner not acceptable to Railway. Should the tenderer fail to observe or comply with the foregoing stipulation, the amount deposited as Bid Security for the due performance of the above stipulation, shall be forfeited to the Railway.

The authority for the acceptance of the tender will rest with the Railway. It shall not be obligatory on the said authority to accept the lowest tender or any other tender, and tenderer(s) shall neither demand any explanation for the cause of rejection of his/ their tender nor the Railway to assign reasons for declining to consider or reject any particular tender or tenders (clause 7 of Part-I Tender Form second sheet of GCC April-2022).

If the tenderer(s) deliberately gives / give wrong information in his / their tender or creates / create circumstances for the acceptance of his / their tender, the Railway reserves the right to reject such tender at any stage (clause 8 of Part-I Tender Form second sheet of GCC April-2022).

If any partner(s) of a partnership firm expires after the submission of its tender or after the acceptance of its tender, the Railway shall deem such tender as cancelled/contract as terminated under clause 61 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract, unless the firm retains its character as per partnership agreement. If a sole proprietor expires after the submission of tender or after the acceptance of tender, the Railway shall deem such tender as cancelled / contract as terminated under clause 61 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract.(clause 9 of Part-I Tender Form second sheet of GCC April-2022).

The Railway reserves the right to verify all statements, information and documents submitted by the bidder in his tender offer, and the bidder shall, when so required by the Railway, make available all such information, evidence and documents as may be necessary for such verification. Any such verification or lack of such verification, by the Railway shall not relieve the bidder of its obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the Railway thereunder (clause 11(v) of Part-I Tender document second sheet of GCC April-2022).

Employment/Partnership etc. of Retired Railway Employees: (a) Should a tenderer i) be a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, whether in the executive or administrative capacity or whether holding a pensionable post or not, in the Engineering or any other department of any of the railways owned and administered by the President of India for the time being, OR ii) being partnership firm / joint venture (JV) / registered society / registered trust etc have as one of its partners/members a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, OR iii) being an incorporated company have any such retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement as one of its directors AND in case where such Engineer or officer had not retired from government service at least 1 year prior to the date of submission of the tender THEN the tenderer will give full information as to the date of retirement of such Engineer or gazetted officer from the said service and as to whether permission for taking such contract, or if the Contractor be a partnership firm or an incorporated company, to become a partner or director as the case may be, has been obtained by the tenderer or the Engineer or officer, as the case may be from the President of India or any officer, duly authorized by him in this behalf, shall be clearly stated in writing at the time of submitting the tender. b)In case, upon successful award of contract, should a tenderer depute for execution of the works under or to deal matters related with this contract, any retired Engineer of gazette rank or retired gazetted officer working before his retirement in the Engineering or any other department of any of the railways owned and administered by the President of India for the time being, and now in his employment, then the tenderer will ensure that retired Engineer or retired gazetted officer had retired from government service at least 1 year prior to the date of his employment with tenderer and in case he had retired from service within a year then he possesses the requisite permission from the President of India or any officer, duly authorized by him in this behalf, to get associated with the tenderer. c) Should a tenderer or Contractor being an individual, have member(s) of his family or in the case of partnership firm/ company / joint venture (JV) / registered society / registered trust etc. one or more of his partner(s)/shareholder(s) or member(s) of the family of partner(s)/shareholder(s) having share of more than 1%in the tendering entity employed in gazetted capacity in the Engineering or any other department of the railway, then the tenderer at the time of submission of tender, will inform the authority inviting tenders the details of such persons. Note: -If information as required as per 16.a), b), c) above has not been furnished, contract is liable to be dealt in accordance with provision of clause 62 of the Standard General Condition of contract.

F o r enactment of clause 55 D of Indian Railways General Condition of Contract April-2022, the tenderer shall b e required t o p a y cess @ 1 percent o f cost o f construction w o r k t o 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.

I n addition t o General condition o f contract, April 2022, Indian Railways Unified Standard Specification (IRUSS-2019), Indian Railways Unified Standard Specifications (Works and Material) 2010 , IR Specifications/Guidelines and Relevant B.I.S. Codes updated with correction slips , revised upto date, and any special condition attached shall also apply.

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

Price Variation Clause (PVC) shall be applicable only in tender having advertised value above Rs. 2 Crores.

Contractor shall employ following Qualified Engineers during execution of allotted work (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. In case the contractor fails to employ the qualified Engineer, he shall be liable to pay amount of Rs.40000 and Rs.25000 f o r each month o r part thereof f o r t h e default period for the provisions as contained in para (a) & (b) above respectively . For track related contractual work individuals having Diploma in Railway engineering awarded by IPWE(India) shall also be considered as qualified Diploma Holder Engineers

The contractors should register themselves in SHRAMIK KALYAN portal i.e www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in as per the requirements therein and upload the valid LOA (Letter of Acceptance)and also to upload the labour and their payment details. While processing payment of any 'On Account bill ' or 'Final bill ' or release of 'Advances' or 'Performance Guarantee I Security deposit ' , contractor shall submit a certificate to the Engineer or Engineer 's representatives that "I have uploaded t h e correct details o f contract labours engaged i n connection with this contract and payments made to them during the wage period in Railway 's Shramikkalyan p o r t a l at 'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov. in till________Month _______Year. " [ Please refer to clause 55C Part IV of Tender Document /clause 55C of GCC April 2022].

The tender shall submit along with the tender document, documents in support of his/their claim to fulfill the eligibility criteria and any other document as applicable & mentioned in the tender document.