Rate contract for procurement of Spares of Plasser make Track Machines for POH planned for the Year 2026-27 & 2027-28.

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Bulk order shall be placed on M/s Plasser or its authorized dealer. Authorized dealer shall submit current and valid tender specific authorization certificate from Original Equipment Manufacturer along with offer, failing which the offer will be ignored.

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   In case any other firm wants to supply this item, they should take clearance from RDSO for placement of any developmental order on them for these items and attach that letter along with their offer, failing which their offer will not be considered for any order.

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Commercial-Compliance

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   Earnest Money Deposit : EMD for this tender shall be NIL All vendors 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 goods issued by any unit of India Railways published during this period.

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   Security Deposit : Security Deposit will be applicable as per para 0600 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024 and clause no. 3.4 of IRS Condition of Contract, 2025. 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.

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   SD 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 fulfillment or any other contract with the purchaser or any part there of 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 there after 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 installment/lot, each such installment/lot forms a severable contract. In case of failure by contractor to meet deliveries for any installment/lot, purchaser may cancel the contract for defaulted quantity by forfeiting SD commensurate to that installment/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.

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   MSE Purchase Preference : The purchase preference to MSEs shall considered as per para 1700 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. Notes: i). Criteria for classification of Enterprises based on investment and turnover vide Gazette Notification dated 26.06.2020, as amended time to time, issued by the Ministry of MSME is applicable in the tender. In case conditions contained in above notification contradict with any of the tender conditions, conditions contained in above notification, as amended, will prevail. ii). As per extant guidelines an enterprise registered as MSE firm with any other organization under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises shall register itself under UDYAM Registration for getting MSE benefit under this clause. Classification of Enterprise as Micro, Small or Medium Enterprise shall only be considered on the basis of UDYAM Certificate. Vendors claiming to avail benefits and preferential treatment extended to Micro and Small Enterprises (MESs) must necessarily upload relevant documents with their offer .i. e. complete UDYAM certificate indicating social status of the MSE. iii). MSE benefit will not be applicable for the traders/authorized dealers/agents. iv). Vendors claiming MSE benefits/preferential treatment, despite upward re-classification, must upload document confirming their MSE status within a span of 03 years preceding from the date of closing of the tender, else status of such vendors shall not be considered as MSE.

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   Warranty/Guarantee : Warranty Period shall be 12 months from the date of delivery or 9 months from the installation, whichever is earlier. The firm should Submit Warranty / Guarantee certificate from OEM along with supply.

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   LIQUIDATED DAMAGES (LD) ONDELAYED 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.

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   Quantity Option Clause : The purchaser shall be entitled to vary the approximate total quantities of each description of goods shown in the said contract up to 30 percent, in one or more installments, anytime within the last date of delivery period (including extended delivery period) by giving a reasonable notice in writing of such variation.

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   Risk purchase : Risk purchase shall not be applicable and para 3200 (ii) of Western Railway Bid Document Version-14 of June 2024 is deleted. Wherever, SD has been exempted, for any reason and the supplier fails to supply goods as per conditions of the contract, as amended from time to time, purchaser shall have the right to levy damages on the supplier for failing to comply with the contractual conditions, not by way of penalty, an amount equal to SD amount, as would have been applicable, if the contract was with a non-exempted vendor. These damages shall be treated as recoveries outstanding against the vendor and dealt with accordingly.

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

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    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.

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    Land Border Conditions : A bidder from a country which shares a land border with India will be eligible to bid only if the bidder is registered with Competent Authority as specified in Para 1810 and Annexure7 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. Note:- In compliance of restriction under Rule 144(xi) of GFR-2017, bidders must submit the self- declaration certificate as specified in Annexure-8 attached with Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024, reproduced below: 1. " I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India, I certify that; This bidder is not from such a country. OR If from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. I hereby certify that the bidder fulfills all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered." 2. " I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder having Transfer of Technology (TOT) arrangement. I certify that this bidder does not have any TOT arrangement requiring registration with the competent authority." OR "I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder having Transfer of Technology (TOT) arrangement. I certify that this bidder has valid registration to participate in this procurement." (Tick whichever is applicable, and also where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached). If the bidder fails to give above mentioned declaration along with the offer, then it will be considered that the contents of above declaration have been read and unconditionally agreed and accepted by the tenderer. If the tenderer are not agreeable to this declaration they have to categorically mention about the disagreement in Techno Commercial Deviation.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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15. 13.1.1 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.

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    Condition for Procurement from Authorized Agents/Dealers/Distributors etc : Procurement from Authorized Agents/Dealers/Distributors etc. shall be as per para 0400 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version-14 of June 2024. a) OEMs should quote directly preferably or an OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization (TSA) to its Agent / Dealer to quote on their behalf similar to proforma attached as Annexure-2. b) The authorized Dealer/Agent should upload valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer is liable to be passed over. c) Trader/Authorized Dealer should mention name of Manufacturer, Make and complete address in their bid for inspection of material at OEM works. d) 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 with different terms against a particular product, if treated as ambiguous offers, the bidder(s) or their Principal/OEM will have no right to lodge any claim. e) If an authorized agent/dealer submits bid on behalf of a Principal/OEM, the same agent/dealer shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in the same tender for the same item/product and such bids will be summarily rejected.

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    Manufacture's Test and Warranty Certificate : Firm to submit manufacture's Test and Warranty Certificate along with the supply

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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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   Tenderers should quote firm price. No price variation will be acceptable
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   Validity of Offer: Tenderers to quote minimum 120 days validity of offers
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   The criteria for evaluation of inter-se- position of bidders shall be on items wise /consignee wise
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   Packing & Marking : Firm to mark their name and month/year of manufacturing as per drawing wherever indicated. In case the drawing does not indicate the same, it should be provided at location where it should not affect the use of the item and it should not get obliterated while in use. The tendered materials are to be packed firmly secured and for safe transit to ensure the receipt on supply in good condition at destination. Firm to note that single use plastic should not be used in packing of material to be supplied otherwise it will be rejected
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   Collect back scheme for packing waste under SWM : Collection of non-biodegradable solid waste after successful delivery of the product / material from consignee place will be arranged by the supplier.
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   Withdrawal Purchase Order will be Placed By Dy CMM/GSD/SBI
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   Delivery Period : The supplier has to arrange the supply as per delivery period stipulated in withdrawal P.O.
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   The Firm has to quote the rate for all the items in mentioned PDF in Annexure

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   Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.