Manning of 05 Nos. Traction Substations over GZB-SRE and DSA-SMQL-SRE Sections of Delhi division.

Financial Standing: The Bidders will be qualified only if they have minimum financial capabilities as below - (i)T1- Financial Turnover: The bidder should have an aggregate financial turnover not less than 1.5 times the advertised Bid value during the last three previous financial years and in the current financial year up to the date of opening of the tender. The audited balance sheet reflecting financial turnover certified by chartered accountant with her stamp, signature and membership number shall be considered. (ii)T2-Liquidity: The bidder should have access to or has available liquid assets, lines of credit and other financial means to meet cash flow that is valued at 5% of the estimated bid value net of applicant's commitments for other contracts. The audited balance sheet and/or banking reference certified by chartered accountant with her stamp, signature and membership number shall be submitted by the bidder along with bid. Banking reference should contain in clear terms the amount that bank will be in a position to lend for this work to the applicant/member of the Joint Venture/Consortium. In case the Net Current Assets (as seen from the Balance Sheets) are negative, only the Banking references will be considered. Otherwise the aggregate of the Net Current Assets and submitted Banking references will be considered for working out the Liquidity. The banking reference should be from a Scheduled Bank in India and it should not be more than 3 months old as on date of submission of bids. In Case of JV firms overall liquidity of JV firm shall be assessed by arithmetic sum of liquidity of all members of JV.

Work Experience The bidder should have satisfactorily completed* in the last three previous financial years and the current financial year upto the date of opening of the tender, one similar single service contract** for a minimum of 35% of advertised value of the bid. *Completed service contract includes on-going service contract subject to payment of bills amounting to at least 35% of the advertised value of the bid. **Definition of similar nature of Work: Similar work means that the contractor should have completed the work of "Manning & operation of Sub-Station of Indian Railways or Government organizations or PSUs. OR Any Electrical work in Sub-station (25 KV or higher voltage) in Indian Railways or Government organizations or PSUs. Electrical contractor license: Tenderer shall have a valid Electrical Contractor's License (at the time of opening of tender and also uploaded on IREPS) issued in the name of the firm by any State Government and shall furnish all the particulars of the electrical license held by him along with the tender offer submission. Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be accepted. Certificate from public listed company/private company/Trusts having annual turnover of Rs 500 crore and above subject to the same being issued from their Head office by a person of the company duly enclosing his authorization by the Management for issuing such credentials. Notes: The bidder shall submit details of work executed by them in the prescribed format along with bid for the service contracts to be considered for qualification of work experience criteria clearly indicating the nature/scope of contract, actual completion cost and actual date of completion for such contract.

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.

TRD LC Condition - As per Rly Bd Letter No. 2018/CE-I/CT/9 dt: 04.06.2018 following special condition has been applied for this work. As such, following special conditions shall be included in the works tenders or service tenders to be invited henceforth

(i)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.

(ii)This option of taking payment through LC arrangement has to be exercised in IREPS (Indian Railway E-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.

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

(iv)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.

(v)In case tenderer opts for payment through LC, following shall be the procedure to deal release of payment through LC:

(a)The LC shall be a sight LC.

(b)The contractor shall select his Advising/Negotiating bank for LC. The incidental cost towards issue of LC and its operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor.

(c)SBI, New Delhi, Main Branch will be the nodal branch for issue of LCs based on online requests received from Railway Accounts Units for tenders opened in financial year 2018-19. SBI branches where the respective Railway Accounts Office has its Account (local SBI branch) will be the issuance/reimbursing branch for LC issued under this arrangement. The Bank shall remain same for this tender till completion of contract. The incidental cost @ 0.15% per annum of LC value, towards issue of LC and operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor and shall be recovered from his bills.

(d)The LC shall be opened initially for duration of 180 to 365 days in consultation with contractor. The LC shall be extended time to time as per the progress of the contract, on the request of the contractor. The value of LC to be opened initially as well as extended thereafter shall be finalized by the engineer in consultation with the contractor on the basis of expected progress of work.

(e)The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia indemnify and save harmless the Railway from and against all losses, claims and demands of every nature and description brought or recovered against the Railways by reason of any act or omission of the contractor, his agents or employees, in relation to the Letter of Credit (LC). All sums payable/borne by Railways on this account shall be considered as reasonable compensation and paid by contractor.

(f)The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia provide that Railways will issue a Document of Authorisation (format enclosed as Annexure-6) after passing the bill for completed work, to enable contractor to claim the authorized amount form their bank.

(g)The acceptable, agreed upon document for payments to be released under the LC shall be the Document of Authorisation.

(h)The Document of Authorisation shall be issued by Railway Accounts Office against each bill passed by Railways.

(i)On issuance of Document of Authorisation, a copy of Document of Authorisation shall be posted on IREPS for download by the contractor. A digitally signed copy of Documents of Authorisation shall be also be sent by Railway Accounts office to Railway's bank (Local SBI Branch).

(j)The contractor shall take print out of the Document of Authorisation available on IREPS and present his claim to his 2.5.10 bank (advising Bank) for necessary payments as per LC terms and conditions. The claim shall comprise of copy of Document of Authorisation, Bill of Exchange and Bill.

(k)The payment against LC shall be subject to verification from Railway's Bank (Local SBI Branch).

(l)The contractor's bank (advising bank) shall submit the documents to the Railway's Bank (Local SBI Branch).

(m)The railway's bank (issuing bank) shall, after verifying the claim so received w.r.t. the digitally signed Document of 2.5.13 Authorisation received from Railway Accounts Office, release the payment to contractor's bank (advising bank) for crediting the same to contractor's account.

(n)Any number of bills can be dealt within one LC, provided the 2.5.14 sum total of payments to contractor is within the amount for which LC has been opened.

(o)The LC shall be closed after the release of final payment including PVC amount, if any, to the contractor.

(p)The release of Performance Guarantee or Security Deposit 2.5.16 shall be dealt directly by Railway with the contractor i.e. not through LC.

All participant Tenderer/Tenderers will submit certificate for declaration/undertaking regarding authenticity of documents in support of credentials to fulfil Eligibility Criteria as per Annexure- 19/19A clause 2.6.2.1.3 of Tender Document. NOTE: Instructions issued by Railway Board regarding Annexure-19 vide letter no. 2022/CE-I/CT/GCC Correspondence dated 14.05.2024 or latest shall be followed.

All participant Tenderer/Tenderers will submit/upload their requisite documents along with their tender offer. The Tenderers shall be read explanatory notes in conjunction with for detailed description for various items included in Schedule of prices as well as special conditions of contract.

The Tenderer should quote rates are inclusive of all taxes as per current tax law i.e. GST etc. and also ensure minium wages and labour acts implementation in this contract or latest.

Tenderer/s are advised that read all the tender terms and conditions before rate quote and also upload document as per Tender terms and conditions.