DFCCIL invites tender for maintenance of signalling and telecommunication and other works in Western Dedicated Freight Corridor for 2 years

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has invited open e-tenders, in Single Stage Two Packet System for Repairing, refixing /replacement & maintenance of signalling and telecommunication gears/equipment and other related work in Kishangarh Balawas (excl.)-New Rewari- New Phulera- New Kishangarh- Madar (excl.) section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) under CGM/JP for a period of Two years.

• Tender Reference Number: DFC-JP-SNT-MT-REJN-KSGN-6
• Name of Work: Repairing, refixing /replacement & maintenance of signalling and telecommunication gears/equipment and other related work in Kishangarh Balawas (excl.)-New Rewari- New Phulera- New Kishangarh- Madar (excl.) section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) under CGM/JP for a period of Two years.
• Cost of Work: INR 7,69,17,498 Crore
• EMD: INR 5,34,600 Lakh
• Completion Period: 24 Months
• Document Download / Sale Start Date: 07th October, 2022
• Document Download / Sale End Date: 07th November, 2022
• Bid Submission Start Date: 07th October, 2022
• Bid Submission End Date: 07th November, 2022
• Opening of Tender: 07th November, 2022

Scope of Work:

• For Schedule items at Sr. No. 1 to 27 (Section-6 “Schedule of Approximate Quantities & Rate”).
• To carry out the work on “as & when required basis” for Schedule items at Sr. no. 1 to 27, detailed in Section-6 “Schedule of Approximate Quantities & Rate” of this Tender document.
• The work shall be executed at 09 WDFC Stations, 08 Block Sections & IR Connecting lines in a total stretch of approximately 306 Km under the Jurisdiction of CGM/JP as per requirement/instruction of DFCCIL site-incharge.
• Tentative Locations where the work need to be executed on “as & when required basis” is tabulated below:

• The work shall be done as per instruction issued by DFCCIL site-incharge. DFCCILs SSOD (Standard Schedule of Dimensions) shall be followed to avoid any infringement during execution of work at the site.
• The Contractor shall ensure the safety of existing assets like cables etc. during the activities like trenching, cable laying etc. and if any of the existing cables gets damaged during the work, the repairing /replacement of the same shall be done by the Contractor at his own cost.
• The Contractor shall ensure to take all safety measures during the execution of the work.
• The Contractor shall arrange the space for storage & inspection of the material at his own cost or will request DFCCIL to allot the space at any of the WDFC stations/IMD/IMSD given in para 5.2.3 above. However, responsibility regarding safety & security of the stored material shall vest with the Contractor only.
• Equipment/material in the schedule where RDSO/IS specification has not been stipulated, shall be procured from manufacturers of repute/ their authorized dealers/ approved source.
• All the materials to be supplied by the Contractor need to be supplied at the nominated work sites as required and instructed by DFCCIL site incharge. The loading, unloading and transportation of these materials to the site of work will have to be done by the Contractor at its own cost. The security of the material brought to the site of work will remain with the Contractor till the material taken over are duly erected and accepted by the DFCCIL.
• All the material and workmanship to be used in this work shall be of extremely good quality, reputed make and shall have appropriate class in every respect and is expected to give trouble free service.
• DFCCIL shall have full power to reject any material that it may consider to be defective or inferior in quality, workmanship or otherwise not in accordance with the Specification and the DFCCIL’s decision shall be final, even though they might have been inspected by RDSO/RITES. The Contractor shall remove forthwith any such material rejected and replace them promptly at his own cost.
• Approved Design/Drawings shall be made available to the successful tenderer on request, to identify the location of existing S&T cables and other equipment, wherever required, during the execution of work like trenching/laying/connection of Power Cables and earthing through BEC etc. at the site as per requirement, so as to ensure that no damage is done to healthy cables and other S&T gears/equipment. DFC representatives shall assist the successful tenderer to interpret the drawings and specifications.
• After the issue of the Acceptance letter, the successful tenderer shall inform the concerned Dy.PM/APM/S&T of DFCCIL as per their respective jurisdiction, prior to start any execution of work at any location.
• Before carrying out the digging, trenching or any other earth related works, the Contractor shall ensure to locate & safeguard the known and unknown underground utilities by using a pre-approved scanning Equipment. The Equipment to be used for scanning shall be approved from DFCCIL.

Work Experience:

• The tenderer(s) should satisfy the following minimum eligibility criteria as under: The tenderer must have successfully completed any of the following during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited:
  • Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or
  • Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or
  • One similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender.
• Work experience certificate from a Private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organization, work experience certificate issued by 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, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior to the date of opening of tender, shall also be considered provided the work experience certificate has been issued by a person authorized by the Public Listed Company to issue such certificates.
• In case tenderer submits work experience certificate issued by public listed company, the tenderer shall also submit along with work experience certificate, the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate.
• Similar Nature of Work for this Tender: “To carry out the work related to Repairing/ Re-fixing/ Replacement/ Construction/ Maintenance of Signaling Assets in Indian Railways or in Railway PSUs like RVNL, IRCON, RITES, and DFCCIL etc. or in any other reputed Govt. organization.”

Eligibility for Firms/Companies:

• The tenderer should have a registered office anywhere in India. The documentary proof regarding “A” above should be submitted as part of the tender document.
• For the purpose of documentary proof of “registered office” as mentioned in above, any address of office as mentioned in any of the following documents submitted along with the original offer by tenderer(s) may be considered as registered office of the tenderer(s).
• Address mentioned in the article of association of company duly registered under Companies Act, 1956.
• Address mentioned in Partnership Deed.
• Address mentioned in Trade Licence obtained by the individual from Govt. body.
• Address mentioned in any tax departments.
• Address mentioned in P.F. Registration documents.

The Tender document can be downloaded from IREPS website www.ireps.gov.in and DFCCIL’s website www.dfccil.com 

Source: DFCCIL -Tender | Image Credit (representational): DFCCIL