Casing Assemby

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Bulk purchase (minimum 80% of Net Procurable Quantity) will be made only from Approved Vendors i.e. those vendors appearing in directory of approved vendors of CLW as available on U-VAM for Item ID 2100019. The approval status of the firm for the said item will be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter. But, in case of downgrading/removal/suspension/banning etc. after opening of tender, such changes shall be taken into account while considering the offers. The offers from developmental vendors" may be considered for developmental orders totalling up to 20% of the net procurement quantity. Ref: Clause 3.0 of Section II of CENTRAL Railway BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest). Developmental vendors reflected in the Vendor Directory with conditional approval/General Remarks (e.g., field trials, prototype approval, limited or temporary approval etc.) shall not be eligible for order placement.

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   Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved Vendor for a particular item, developmental vendors can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of item, outstanding order load etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner, subject to rates being reasonable. In such cases, the purchaser reserves the right to split the order quantity between one or more firms and Para 25.2 of Instruction to tenderers and General Conditions of tenders for supply contract [for indigenous tenders] shall be applicable. Such orders shall be treated as bulk orders. Indian Supplier shall be defined as follows: A supplier or bidder shall be considered to be from India if (i) the entity is incorporated in India, or ii) a majority of its shareholding or effective control of the entity is exercised from India, or iii) more than 50 Percent of the value of the item being supplied has been added in India. For past performance evaluation, 20% of the tender quantity supplied against single order for the same item over the past three years shall be considered as stipulated in Central Railway Bid Document Para 3.4.2.

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   The firms/tenderers who are not appearing in U-VAM as Approved/Developmental Vendors of nominated vendor/source approving agencies will not be considered for ordering. However, such firms willing to participate, are advised to approach the concerned Vendor Approving agency for getting their name registered as approved/developmental vendor in the vendor directory maintained in U-VAM.

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   This item is reserved for Class-I local suppliers as per Annexure to Railway Board Letter No. 2025/RS(G)/779/3(E3488356) dated 02.05.2025 (Sr No. 10). In keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017, latest revision, it has been found that there exists sufficient local capacity and competition in supply of the tendered item of required quality and therefore public procurement of the item is restricted to " Class I local suppliers " only and the vendors who do not qualify to be Class I local suppliers should not quote in the tender as their offers shall not be considered for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a Class I local supplier for the tendered item participates in the tender it does so at its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.

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Check List

1. 1

   Have you read and accepted tender conditions?
2. 2

   Have you mentioned MAKE/BRAND of OEM?
3. 3

   Have you furnished the statement of deviation [preferably nil]?
4. 4

   Have you attached any performance statements separately?
5. 5

   Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers. Other conditions will be as per attached tender document.
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   Have you quoted Mode of dispatch on FOR destination basis for free delivery at destination with rate structure clearly indicating the basic rate, GST and freight etc, up to destination [consignees premises]
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   Have you quoted the discount if any in the specified column only in IREPS?
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   Have you furnished Bank account details such as Name of the Bank and address, account no., MICR, IFSC code and type of account to facilitate EFT payment?
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   H a v e y o u indicated t h e percentage of Local Content in the relevant column?
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    Have you attached CA Certificate for the Local Content claimed, if you claim to be a "Class I Local Supplier/Class II Local Supplier"?
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    Have you quoted correct GST rate and HSN code of your offered product.
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    Have you kept your offer validity as per "Condition for Responsiveness of Offer"?
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    Have you attached relevant document for MSE if you claimed benefits and preferential treatment as MSE firm?
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    Have you uploaded Udyam Registration Certificate?

Commercial-Compliance

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   Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) shall be as per Clause 23.0 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest). EMD is compulsory and offers without EMD, except those exempted, will be summarily rejected. Vendors (other than those appearing on Vendor Panels of Approving Agencies) seeking exemption from EMD, shall have to attach scanned copy of requisite document alongwith offer in support of their claim for exemption, failing which their offer may not be considered eligible for exemption from EMD. An Authorised Agent quoting on behalf of a manufacturer shall not be exempted from remitting EMD owing to any of the exemption claimed.

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   Participation by Manufacturers is preferred. Agents/Dealers participating in tender on behalf of manufacturers must provide tender specific authorization (TSA) letter issued by the OEM. Bidders must upload above authorization letter with their offer failing which their offer shall be summarily rejected. i) In a tender, either the authorized agent/dealer on behalf of the Principal/OEM or the Principal/OEM itself can bid, but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item in the same tender. Further, against a particular tender, one Principal/OEM should not issue Tender Specific Authorization to more than one agent/dealer. Such offers will summarily rejected ii) If an authorized agent/dealer submits bid on behalf of the Principal/OEM, the same agent/dealer shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in same tender for the same item/product and such bids will be summarily rejected. iii) Trader/Authorized Dealer should mention name of Manufacturer, make and complete address in their bid for inspection of material at OEM works.

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   Authorized agent quoting on behalf of a manufacturer shall not be exempted from remitting EMD, owing to any of the above exemptions as stipulated at Para 23.1 (a) to (i) of Clause 23.0 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest).

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   MSEs who are interested in availing themselves the benefits/preferential treatment, will upload with their offer, the proof of their being registered only under Udyam Registration as MSE unit, confirming their MSE status within a span of 03 years from the date of closing of tender.

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   In case of an upward change in terms of investment in plant and machinery or equipment or turnover or both, and consequent re-classification, an enterprise shall continue to avail of all nontax benefits of the category (micro or small or medium) it was in before the re- classification, for a period of three years from the date of such upward change.

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   Bidders must agree to furnish SECURITY DEPOSIT as applicable as per Clause 24.0 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest). Bidders (except approved vendors for tendered item/items) claiming exemption from paying SD must upload requisite document towards such claim, along with the offer Offers from firms denying to pay Security Deposit will be summarily rejected.

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   Goods & Services Tax (GST): As per Clause 9.0 and all sub-clauses of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest). All tenderers to quote correct HSN code and corresponding GST rate for the item/items quoted. Misclassification in HSN code, if quoted by any bidder, shall be dealt as per Clause 9.0(iv) of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest).

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   The tenderers in their bids shall indicate the details of their Jurisdictional Assessing Officers (Designation, address & email id). In case of a contract award, a copy of the LOA/Purchase Order shallbe immediately forwarded by Purchaser to the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer mentioned in the Tenderers bid

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   In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/ UTGST/SGST Act, the R a i l w a y shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under Reverse Charge Mechanism [ RC M ] and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority.
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    The Bidder agrees to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by him in accordance with the Standard Governing Conditions of this tender.

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    Vendors which are Large Scale Industry or consortia of MSEs formed by NSIC, must upload with offers, quantum of sub contracts given to Micro and Small Enterprises (in percent of order value) for goods to be supplied against this tender.

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    Criteria for classification of enterprises based on investment and turnover vide Gazette Notification dated 26.06.2020, a s amended time t o time, issued by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is applicable in the tender. In case, conditions contained in the above notification contradict with any of the tender conditions, conditions contained in the above notification, as amended, shall prevail in terms of Clause 4.4 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest).
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    Bidder shall, at the time of bidding be required to indicate percentage of local content and provide self-certification that the item offered meets the local content requirement for Class-I local supplier/Class-II local supplier, as the case may be.

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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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1. 1

   Validity of offer: Validity of offer should be strictly as per Clause 1.8.5 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated Latest) (or) as stipulated in the tender document, whichever is longer. Offers quoted with lesser validity shall be deemed as commercially unresponsive and shall be summarily rejected.