Replacement and Restoration of TETRA System for Green, Purple & Orange Lines, Metro Railway Kolkata.

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-V, 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 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.

Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organization, 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 in this tender is defined as: - "Any work involving GSM-R / Digital Radio Trunking System / TETRA / Cellular Communication System.". Note: If the tenderer is not the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the installed radio equipment in Metro Railway, the tenderer must submit an undertaking stating that OEM authorization will be submitted before the issue of the Letter of Acceptance (LOA). The bidder may also submit the OEM authorization at the time of bid submission. Failing this, the offer will be summarily rejected.

Check List of Documents to Be uploaded-

Tender Form and all other relevant forms (list of court cases, arbitration cases, local content etc) required from Annexures (attached separately).

NEFT Mandate Form (Annexure-XIII).

Power of attorney for individuals signing on behalf of Company/Firm

GSTIN and PAN copy

Copy of documents relating to Registration and Ownership as well as Constitution and Legal status of the Tenderer with other detailed information.

Establishment code as per EPF& MP ACt,1952

Undertaking as per Annexure- XXI to be submitted.

Authorization from OEM as per Annexure -XV.

Documents for fulfilment of Technical Eligibility Criteria ,Financial Eligibility Criteria. (As per Eligibility conditions).

Bid security as per Annexure-XX On non-judicial stamp paper.

Self Certification regarding Local Content (LC) for Telecom Product, Services or Works as per ANNEXURE - XVI (if required).

TENDERER DETAILS -

All tenderers shall furnish the following information along with documents in original or duly certified / attested by the Gazetted Officer of Central/State Govt. or Notary Public, without fail

General information of the tenderer to be furnished. The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own (Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / 1.1.1 Company / Joint Venture (JV) / Registered Society / Registered Trust / HUF etc. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern and copy of PAN Card along with their tender.

Copies of documents defining the constitution and legal status, certificate of registration and ownership, principal place of 1.1.2 business of the company, corporation, firm or partnership firm of each party thereto constituting the tenderer as per Clause no 14(ii) of GCC 2022 needs to be uploaded accordingly

The information supplied as detailed above will be used in the evaluation of tenders. Power of Attorney in favour of the Digital Signature signatory will be required to be uploaded .

Cancellation or creation of a document such as Power of Attorney, Partnership deed, Constitution of firm etc., which may have bearing on the tender / contract shall be communicated forthwith in writing by the tenderer to the Engineer in Charge.

If the tenderer gives any wrong information or suppresses any material facts, Metro Railway shall be free to reject such a tender at any stage and even cancel the Contract after the acceptance of the tender.

In case of other than company/proprietary firm, Annexure V(A) shall also be submitted by each member of a partnership firm/ joint venture (JV)/ Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)etc as the case may be. Non submission of a copy of certificates 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 / digitally signed by which they/he are/is qualifying the Qualifying Criteria mentioned in the Tender Document.

Execution of Contract Documents: The successful Tenderer(s) shall be required to execute an agreement with the President of India acting through the Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer/Proj, Metro Railway Kolkata for carrying out the work according to Standard General Conditions of Contract, Special Conditions/Specifications annexed to the tender and Standard Specifications for (Works and Materials) of Railway as amended/ corrected up to latest correction slips, mentioned in tender form (First Sheet).

TAXES-

Income tax will be deducted at two percent of the gross amount from each bill of contractor in accordance with relevant section of income tax ,subject to any other amendments from time to time, unless the contractor produces an exemption order from Income Tax Authority against such recoveries. Income tax Clearance certificate/ Income Tax Return filed to Income Tax Dept. to be uploaded.

Firm needs to furnish PAN card copy.

Tenderer will examine the various provisions of Central Goods & Service Tax Act, 2017 (CGST)/ Integrated Goods& Service Tax Act, 2017 (IGST)/ Union Territory Goods & Service Tax Act, 2017 (UTGST)/ respective states Goods & Service Tax ACT, 2017 (SGST) also, as notified by central/state government as amended from time to time and applicable taxes before bidding. Tenderer 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 GST Act shall submit GSTIN along with other details required under GST 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 GST 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.

The rate of TDS should be 1% CGST & 1% SGST. It shall not be applicable in case of IGST( Interstate transactions) as on date.

GST applicable for this work is 18% and your quoted rate should be inclusive of GST. However, any Statutory Variation in GST rates will be paid extra / deducted from the contract price depending upon the variation in the tax rates upwards / downwards.

THE TENDERED PRICE SHOULD BE QUOTED INCLUSIVE OF ALL SATUTORY TAXES, DUTIES AND LEVIES.

LABOUR LAWS-

Contractor is to abide by the provisions of various labour laws in terms of clause 54, 55, 55-A and 55-B of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract'2022.

Registration with EPFO as per EPF &MP Act 1952 is mandatory. Firm has to submit documents of enrolment to employee's provident fund of the workers to be deployed in compliance of the letter no. CAIU/011(33)2016/HQ/Vol.II dt. 31.01.2017/01.02.2017 of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. Of India

An application has been developed and hosted on website 'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in'. Contractor shall register his firm/company etc.and upload requisite details of labour and their payment in this portal. These details shall be available in public domain. The registration / updation in Portal shall be done as per clause no. 55-C of SGCC'2022

While processing payment of any 'On Account Bill' or 'Final Bill' or release of'Advances' or 'Performance Guarantee / Security deposit', contractor shall submit a certificateto the Engineer or Engineer's representatives that "I have uploaded the correct details ofcontract labours engaged in connection with this contract and payments made to them duringthe wage period in Railway's Shramikkalyan portal at'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in' till ____Month, ____Year."

LETTER OF CREDIT -

For all the tenders having advertised cost of Rs 10 lakh or above, the contractor shall have the option to take payment from Railways through a letter of credit (LC) arrangement.

This option of taking payment through LC arrangement has to be exercised in IREPS (Indian Railway Electronic Procurement System - the e-application on which tenders are called by Railways) by the tenderer at the time of bidding itself, and the tenderer shall affirm having read over and agreed to the terms and conditions of the LC option.

The option so exercised, shall be an integral part of the bidder's offer.

The above option of taking payment through LC arrangement, once exercised by tenderer at the time of bidding, shall be final and no change shall be permitted, thereafter, during execution of contract.

For Further implementation of payment through LC , please refer to Railway Board' letter no. 2018/CE-I/CT/9 dt.04.06.18

RESTRICTION UNDER RULE 144(xi) of GFR,2017

Any bidder from the country which shares a land border with India will be eligible to bid in this tender only if the bidder is registered with the competent authority.

MAKE IN INDIA POLICY

Provisions of Make in India Policy 2017 issued by Govt. of India, as amended from time to time, shall be followed for consideration of tenders.

In terms of Clause 9(a) of PPP-MII order, the local supplier at the time of bidding shall provide self-certification in Annexure Section specifying that the items offered meet the minimum local content and shall give details of locations at which local value additions are made. Submission of this document in proper format is mandatory.

As per Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, Notification no. 18- 10/2017-IP dated 29.08.2018 for Telecom Works and DPIIT order dt 19.07.24, LC shall be considered as 50% of entire work value for categorization as Class I local supplier. For Class II local supplier, the local content requirement is minimum 20%. PMI shall be 100% of the total work value. The margin of purchase preference shall be 20%.

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.