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Tender forms are available from the office of Dy CE / Con
/ KQR, EC Railway Hazaribag on production of demand draft
from any nationalized/Scheduled bank in favour of FA &
CAO/Con/ECR, Mahendrughat, Patna or money receipt issued by
the Divisional Cashier, Dhanbad Division for the cost of tender
document mentioned above between 11.00 Hrs. to 16.00 Hrs on
any working day from 30.10.2007 to 13.11.07. In
case any tenderer wishes to obtain the tender document by
post, Rs. 100 (Hundred) extra should be sent by demand draft
in favour of FA & CAO/C/EC Rly, Mahendrughat, Patna.
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| 3. |
Tenders can be dropped in prescribed tender boxes placed in
offices of the Dy. Chief Engineer (Con) / KQR, E.C. Railway
Hazaribag up to 12.00 hrs. of the date of opening and
tender will be opened at 12.30 Hrs on the same day at
Hazaribag in presence of tenderers, present at
the time of opening of the tender. If the office is closed
on the stipulated date and time due to some unforeseen holiday,
tender will be received upto and opened on the next working
day at the same place & time.
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Tender
can also be sent to Dy. Chief Engineer (Con) / KQR, E.C. Railway
Hazaribag by registered post/speed post/courier service to
reach before 12.00 hrs. of the date of opening.
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However,
Rly. will not be responsible for non receipt or delayed receipt
of such tenders.
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| 4. |
The
tender must be submitted with proper amount of Earnest Money
in favour of FA & CAO/Con/ECR, Mahendrughat, Patna. Tender
without proper Earnest Money will be summarily rejected. The
tender form is not transferable.
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| 5. |
Eligibility
criteria: -
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| 5.1 |
Contractor
should have completed in the last three financial years (i.e.
current year and three previous financial years), at least
one *similar work, for minimum value of 35% of Advertised
tender value, is clarified as under:-
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| 5.1.1 |
Similar
nature of work physically completed within the qualifying
period, i.e. the last 3 financial years and current financial
year (even though the work might have commenced before the
qualifying period) should only be considered in evaluating
the eligibility criteria.
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| 5.1.2 |
The
total value of similar nature of work completed during the
qualifying period and not the payments received within qualifying
period alone, should be considered.
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In
case, the final bill of similar nature of work has not been
passed and final measurements have not been recorded, the
paid amount including statutory deduction is to be considered.
If final measurements have been recorded and work has been
completed with negative variation, then also the paid amount
including statutory deduction is to be considered.
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However,
if final measurements have been recorded and work has been
completed with positive variation but variation has not been
sanctioned, original agreement value or last sanctioned agreement
value whichever is lower should be considered for judging
eligibility.
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| 5.1.3 |
In
the case of composite works involving combination of different
works, even separate completed works of required value should
be considered while evaluating the eligibility criteria.
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For
example, in a tender for bridge work where similar nature
of work has been defined as bridge work with pile foundation
and PSC superstructure, a tenderer, who has completed one
bridge work with pile foundation of value at least equal to
35% of the tender value and also has completed one bridge
work with PSC superstructure of value at least equal to 35%
of the tender value, should be considered as having fulfilled
the eligibility criteria of having completed single similar
nature of work.
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| 5.2 |
Total
contractual amount received during the last three financial
years and in the current financial year, should be a minimum
of 150% of advertised tender value as per audited balance
sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant. For the
financial year ended and/or the current financial year if
audited balance sheet is not available contractual amount
received duly certified by the chartered accountant should
be submitted as a proof of turnover.
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Alternatively
at least payment certificates from Central Govt./ State Govt./Central
P.S.Us/State P.S.Us and other Government Agencies for a minimum
of 150% of advertised tender value may be submitted.
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| 5.3 |
Contractor
should submit revenue/Banker’s Solvency certificate of minimum
40% of advertised tender value of work.
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*“Similar
Work” means: Earthwork in cutting/filling including hard rock.
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Please
note:
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I. |
Where
an individual bids on the basis of credentials of an earlier
Joint Venture/ Association of Partners/Partnership firm, credentials
shall be considered in percentage of their participation in
the earlier firm.
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II. |
Participation
by Association of Partnership (AOP)/ Joint Venture (JV) firms
are not allowed for tender value up to Rs.8.0 Crore.
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III. |
Completion
certificate of the work issued from Central Govt./State Govt./Central
P.S.Us/State P.S.Us and other Government Agencies shall only
be accepted; credential from Private Individuals shall not
be accepted.
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IV. |
Tenders
submitted without credentials as per Annexure I, II &
III of Tender document are liable to be rejected.
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| 6. |
(a) |
Advance
to contractor is not applicable as per provision made in tender
documents.
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(b) |
Purchase
preference clause is not applicable.
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(c) |
Price
variation clause is not applicable.
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| 7. |
Performance
Guarantee (P.G.): Please note that in addition to Security
Deposit, the successful Contractor will have to submit a performance
Guarantee amounting to 5% of the Contract value (in token
of commitment to complete the work successfully) in any of
the following forms: -
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(i) |
A
deposit Cash,
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(ii) |
Irrevocable
Bank Guarantee,
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(iii) |
Government
Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5 percent below the
market value,
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(iv) |
Deposit
Receipts, Pay orders, Demand Drafts and Guarantee Bonds. These
forms of Performance Guarantee could be either of the State
Bank of India or of any of the Nationalized Banks;
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(v) |
Guarantee
Bonds executed or Deposits Receipts tendered by all Scheduled
Banks;
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(vi) |
A
Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank;
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(vii) |
A
Deposit in the National Saving Certificates;
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(viii) |
Twelve
years National Defence Certificates;
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(ix) |
Ten
years Defence Deposits;
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(x) |
National
Defence Bonds; and
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(xi) |
Unit
Trust Certificates at 5 percent below market value or at the
face value whichever is less. Also FDR in favour of FA &
CAO/C (free from any encumbrance) may be accepted.
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The
Performance Guarantee will have to be deposited after the
Letter of acceptance has been issued but before signing of
the Agreement and should be valid up to expiry of the maintenance
period. Details in this regard are available in the Tender
document.
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a) |
Performance
guarantee shall be released after satisfactory completion
of the work and maintenance period is over. The procedure
for releasing should be same as for security deposit.
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b) |
Whenever
the contracts are rescinded the security deposit should be
forfeited and the performance guarantee shall be encashed
and the balance work should be got done separately.
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c) |
The
balance work shall be got done independently without risk
& cost of the original contractor.
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d) |
The
original contractor shall be debarred from participating in
the tender for executing the balance work. If the failed contractor
is a JV or a partnership firm then every member/partner of
such a firm would be debarred from participating in the tender
for the balance work either in his/her individual capacity
or as a partner of any other JV/Partnership firm.
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| 8. |
Note:
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(1) |
Rates
shall have to be quoted as percentage above or below for each
schedule separately. Tenderers must not quote item wise rates.
In case any contractor quotes unified percentage for each
schedule and item wise rates against individual items also
,no cognizance would be taken for the item wise rates
quoted by the contractors. However, railways reserves their
right to cancel any tender where item wise rates have been
quoted.
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(2) |
(i) |
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The
tender documents will also be available on website
http://www.tendertimes.com during the above mentioned
period and the same can be down loaded and used as tender
document for submitting tender. This facility is available
free of cost. However, the demand draft as prescribed
above towards the cost of tender documents will have to be
enclosed with the tender. Incase the tender is not accompanied
with the valid demand draft for the cost of the tender document
as detailed above, the tender will be summarily rejected.
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