REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) For Appointment of Project Supervision Services Agency (PSSA) For Providing Project Supervision Services for the project of "OHE Modification work for Up-gradation of existing 1x25 KV Electric Traction system into 2x25 KV AT feeding System in Itrasi-Amla, Amla-Nagpur, Nagpur-Wardha- Badnera & Wardha- Ballarshah section in Nagpur Division of Central Railway.

Financial Capacity :The Bidder shall have received total income equal to 150 % of the estimated cost of the Project Supervision Services mentioned in item No.2 of the KIT (para 1.1.2) from professional(consultancy) fees in the 3 (three) financial years preceding the Bid Due Date. For the avoidance of doubt, professional fees refer to fees received by the Bidder for providing consultancy and/or supervision to its clients. In case of Consortium, the Financial Capacity of only the Lead Member will be considered. Moreover, each members of the Consortium should have at least 25% of the Financial Capacity for the purpose of further evaluation for the eligibility of the Consortium.

The Bidder shall enclose with its Bid, certificate(s) from its Statutory Auditors$ stating its total revenues from professional fees during each of the past three financial years and the fee received in respect of each of the Eligible Assignments specified in the Bid. In the event that the Bidder does not have a statutory auditor, it shall provide the requisite certificate(s) from the firm of Chartered Accountants that ordinarily audits the annual accounts of the Bidder. All forms verified/certified by Statutory Auditor or CA should have clear mention of UDIN number.

Technical Capacity shall be ascertained as per para 3.2.2(1) of RFP.

For the purpose of Technical Capacity and evaluations, the Project Management Consultancy/ Services contracts shall qualify as Eligible Assignment, (the "Eligible Assignment"), if: (a)the assignment is directly awarded to the Bidder by a Govt. Department / PSUs; or by a 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, registered at least 5 years back from the date of submission of Bid by the Bidder to the Authority. In case of foreign assignment, work experience for only Government bodies shall be considered.

The nature of the projects: Refer para no. 3.1.3 (b) of RFP.

The bidder would be required to furnish all information specified in this RFP which includes physical submission of rquired documents in original at the designated o ffi c e of Authority mentioned in KIT a s per the provisions under clause 2.2.1. The Technical Bids of Bidders would be evaluated a n d only those Bidders that are qualified by the Authority shall be eligible for the 2nd ( Second) part of the Bidding process comprising opening and evaluation of their Financial Bids.

In case any information submitted by a tenderer is found to be false, forged or incorrect at any time during t h e process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the tender Bid secuiry besides banning o f bunisness for a period of upto five years.

In case any information submitted by a tenderer is found to be false, forged or incorrect after the a w a r d of contract, the contract shall be terminated . Bid Security, Performance Security a n d Security Deposit available w i t h the Railway shall be forfeiture. In addition, other dues of the contractor, if any, under this contract shall be forfeited and the agency shall be banned for doing bunisness for a period of upto five years.

The Railway reserves t h e r i g h t to verify a l l statements, information and documents submitted by the bidder in this 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 there under.

The Tenderer shall submit copy of Goods and Services tax (GST) Registration Certificate containing GST Registration Number.

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.

Tenderer has to pay at least Minimum wages as notified by Govt. of India/Labour Commissioner (Central). All the documents will be maintained according to provision of Minimum Wages Act to avoid any dispute.

The rates quoted by the firm shall take into account all expenses and all tax liabilities . The estimated rates are including GST @ 18% for all Schedules items. GST (as applicable) shall not be paid extra on the above scheduled rates. Further, all payments shall be subject to deduction of taxes at source as per Applicable Laws.

Bidders to quote one single unique %(percentage) AT PAR/BELOW/ABOVE against Schedule. The bidders shall quote rates on IREPS portal only. In case any bidder quoted rates in the document or anywhere else in the offer, his/their offer shall be summarily rejected.

PSSA agency shall arrange residential accommodation for their personnel at its own and nothing extra shall be paid.

As far as possible, the PSSA shall submit all reports/ communications / correspondence etc in soft copy through e- mail or any other means unless otherwise specially ordered by the Railways to submit in hard copy.

As far as possible all meetings of Team Leader, Resident Engineer and other professionals shall be through online mode only. In case of physical meeting called by Authority, the tour program shall be got approved from Authority/his authorized representative.

All personnel shall be directly engaged by the bidder and salary/ Fee/ Emoluments to these personnel shall be paid directly by the bidder. Documentary evidence in this regard such as EPF/ ESIC return shall be submitted to Authority.