Supply of size 25 x 120 mm Bolts and Nuts for SEJ to RDSO Drg No. T2661

Items reserved to be procured from MSE firms. Firms to submit valid UDYAM Certificate for MSE along with offer. Offer without MSE UDYAM certificate will be summarily rejected. Since the item is reserved to be procured from MSE firm and traders are excluded from the purview of MSE benefit to manufacturer, purchase restricted from MSE OEMs.

1. Bulk procurement of this item will be made from proven source having performance for supply of tendered item or similar category item (i.e., different size of nut and bolts used in P- way confirming to IRS specifications Serial No.T-23: 2021) to any of Railways or Railway PSUs for quantity not less than 20 percent of tendered quantity[on cumulative basis] during the last 5 years from the date of tender closing. 2. Firm should submit documentary evidence as proof of execution of PO, such as copies of R.Notes/CRAC/CRN/completion report. Failure to submit necessary documentary evidence along with offer will imply that firm has no such performance and the offer will not be considered for bulk order. 3.Firms not having adequate proven performance but complying other suitability criteria can be considered for developmental order for maximum 20 percent of tendered quantity.

Earnest Money Deposit : Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for stores Tenders: 1.1: EMD shall be submitted by tenderer as specified in tender schedule, along with their online offer. There shall be no exemption from submission of EMD for any tender or by any tenderer except those exempted following: (a) EMD shall normally not be called against Limited Tenders with estimated value up to Rs. 25 Lakhs (including Single tenders, Global limited tenders) (b) Micro & small Enterprises (MSEs) registered for the tendered item (c) Other Railways and Government Departments (d) Indian ordinance Factories (e) PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them in terms of Railway (f) Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered (g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/PUs/CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. (h) Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items. (i) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD. (j) KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. 1.2: Offers submitted without EMD shall be summarily rejected. 1.3 EMD amount will be as (Rounded off to nearest higher Rs 10 (Ten)- (i) For Estimated value of tender above Rs. 25 Lakhs and upto Rs. 50 Cr. EMD will be @ 2% of the estimated value of the tender subject to Max. Rs 20 Lakhs (ii) For Estimated value of tender above Rs. 50 Cr. EMD will be Rs. 50 Lakhs. 1.4 All vendors exempted from submission of EMD as per above paras, shall be required to sign a bid security declaration in IREPS as follows I/we hereby understand and accept that if I/we withdraw of modify my/or bid during the period of validity, of if I/we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document /Notice Inviting Tender, I/we shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit and performance security/Security Deposit for a period of 6 (six) months, from the date I/we are declared disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of good issued by any unit of India Railways published during this period.

Security Deposit : SD will be applicable as per para 0600 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version - 14 of June 2024 . Bank Guarantee: As per proforma given in Annexure-5 of Western Bid Document (Indigenous purchase), version 14 of June2024. Note:- Offers from firms not exempted and denying to pay Security Deposit will be summarily rejected.

Warranty/Guarantee: As per clause 1200 of the Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous purchases) Version-14 of June 2024 or latest with all corrigendums and amendments, if any, along with all latest Railway Board guidelines issued before the tender closing date. In the event of any conflict, warranty clause as appearing in the technical specification shall prevail.

Delivery : The delivery period shall be reckoned from the date of issue of PO /Letter of Advance Acceptance/ Letter of Acceptance as the case may be

FOR : DESTINATION only will be acceptable irrespective of F.O.R. / F.O.T. condition mentioned elsewhere in the contract / tender.

MII : Make in India policy shall be applicable as per para 1800 of Western Railway Bid Document(Indigenous Purchases), Version-14 of June 2024. Bidders to submit details of location(s) where local value addition is made. In case no details are furnished, it will be presumed that the indicated works address(es) of manufacturing in India are the location(s) of local value addition.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) : As per clause 0906 of WESTERN RAILWAY Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024 attached with the tender. All tenderers to quote HSN code and corresponding GST rates for the item/items quoted.

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 tax authority

LIQUIDATED DAMAGES (LD) ON DELAYED SUPPLY : LD for delayed supplies: Recovery of Liquidated Damages shall be levied @ 1/2 % (Half percent) of the value of the delayed stores per week or part of week during which delivery is accepted. The upper limit for recovery of LD in supply contracts shall be 10% of the value of stores delayed, irrespective of delays, unless otherwise specifically provided in the contract

Bidders shall also give declaration as below:- I/We agreed to pass on such additional input tax credit as may become available in future under GST scheme, in respect of all the inputs used in the manufacturing and/or supply of final goods/services on the date of supply by way of reduction in price and advise the purchaser accordingly.

S D forfeit : The purchaser shall be entitled and it shall be lawful on his part to forfeit the SD in whole or in part in the event of any default, failure or neglect on the part of the contractor in the fulfilment or any other contract with the purchaser or any part thereof to the satisfaction of the purchaser. The purchaser shall also be entitled to deduct from the said deposits any loss or damage which the purchaser may suffer or be put by reason of or due to any act or other default, recoverable by the purchaser from the contractor in respect of the contract under reference or any other contract and in either of the events aforesaid to call upon the contractor to maintain the security deposit as its original limit by making further deposits provided further that the purchaser shall be entitled to recover any such claim from any sum then due or which at any time thereafter may become due to the contractor under this or any other contracts with the purchaser. Wherever the supplies are to be delivered in more than one instalment/lot, each such instalment/lot forms a severable contract. In case of failure by contractor to meet deliveries for any instalment/lot, purchaser may cancel the contract for defaulted quantity by forfeiting SD commensurate to that instalment/lot. Apart from claiming damages from vendors, in case of failure to comply with the contractual obligations, railways shall record poor performance of the vendors for taking suitable penal action as per extant instructions

Deviations : Technical and commercial deviations, if any, must be quoted in relevant column specified while submitting the bid. Any deviation in offer quoted anywhere else in the tender or in uploaded documents, shall be ignored and contract shall be placed after ignoring such deviations , which will be binding on the firm.

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 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.

Marking: The bolts shall be marked with Maker s initial/mark and the IRS part number shown on the drawings. In addition, two raised hemispherical dots of not less than 1mm radius symmetrically opposite to each other, or any other features specified in IS 1367(Part 3) 2017 "Technical Supply Conditions for Threaded Steel Fasteners (Fifth Revision) " shall also be marked on bolt heads and non-bearing surfaces of nuts to distinguish metric fasteners from others. (Sr 11 of the Specification attached)

Collect back scheme for packing waste under SWM : Collection of nonbiodegradable solid waste after successful delivery of the product / material from consignee place will be arranged by the supplier.

Validity of Offer : Tenderers to quote minimum 90 days validity of offers.

Inspection By Consignee after receipt of material.

Procurement from (OEMs) manufacturers or authorized agent/dealer: a] Either OEM should quote directly or OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization to its Agent / dealer to quote on their behalf as per proforma attached as Annexure-2. B] The authorized dealer should submit valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer will be liable to be passed over. C] Trader / Authorized dealer should mention name of Manufacturer along with complete address for inspection of material at OEM Premises in line with Para 0400 of Instructions to Tenderers for Electronic Tenders and General Conditions of Tender [Indigenous Purchases ] version June 2024 issued by the Western Railway or latest with all revisions and corrigendum's issued before tender closing