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2. |
Tender
forms are available from the office of CAO/Con/EC Rly. Mahendrughat,
Patna 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, Sonpur/Danapur
Division for the cost of tender document mentioned above between
10.00 Hrs. to 16.00 Hrs on any working day from 20.11.07 to
04.12.07. In case any tenderer wishes to obtain the tender
document by post, Rs. 500 (Five hundred) extra should be sent
by demand draft in favour of FA & CAO/C/EC Rly, Mahendrughat,
Patna.
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Tenders
can be dropped in prescribed tender boxes placed in offices
of the CAO/Con/E.C Rly., Mahendrughat, Patna and CAO/Con/
Northern Railway, Kashmiri gate,
Delhi
up to 12.00 hrs. of the date of opening and tender will
be opened at 12.30 Hrs on the same day simultaneously
at Patna & Delhi 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 chief Admn. Officer, EC Rly, Mahendrughat,
Patna-4 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 |
“The
contractor should have completed and commissioned the superstructure
(Steel girders) of one or more number of similar bridges constituting
at least 35% of the advertised tender value as part of one
work and payment received there of in a completed or an ongoing
work in last 3 years” (i.e. current year and financial years.)
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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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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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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 of
Tender document are liable to be rejected.
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6. |
(a) |
Advance
to contractor is applicable as per provision made in tender
documents.
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(b) |
Purchase
preference clause is applicable.
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(c) |
Price
variation clause is 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 @ 5% of Contractual value in form of a Bank Guarantee
Bond in token of commitment to complete the work successfully.
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 date of completion
plus 60 days beyond that PG may be required to be extended
further in case of extension of DOC for extended DOC plus
60 days beyond that. 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. 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. |
Tender notice is also available on “http://www.tenders.gov.in
&
http://www.tendertimes.com.”
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The
tender documents will also be available on website “http://www.tenders.gov.in
&
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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