RITES invites tender for construction of Railway Network for coal transportation for Obra-C Thermal Power Project at Sonebhadra

RITES Limited, a Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, invites online e-tender for S&T works in connection with Construction of Railway Network for Coal Transportation for Obra-C Thermal Power Project Ext., Unit, At Obra District, Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh.

  • Tender Reference Number: RITES/RPO-LKO/UPRVUNL/00013/Obra-C /S&T/R 
  • Name of Work: S&T works in connection with Construction of Railway Network for Coal Transportation for Obra-C Thermal Power Project Ext., Unit, At Obra District:-Sonebhadra, State: Uttar Pradesh.
  • Estimated Cost of Work: INR 11.25 Crore
  • EMD: INR 11.25 Lakh
  • Completion Period: 12 Months
  • Document Download / Sale Start Date: 02nd June, 2022
  • Document Download / Sale End Date: 23rd June, 2022
  • Bid Submission Start Date: 02nd June, 2022
  • Bid Submission End Date: 23rd June, 2022
  • Bid Opening Date: 24th June, 2022

Scope of Work:

  • Obra-C Thermal power station, a coal based plant of UPRVUNL is situated at Obra District Sonebhadra (UP). This tender is for Signalling & telecom works of the plant.
  • Important components are as under:
    • Signal and Telecom works of Obra “C” TPP Yard.
    • Other misc. jobs incidental for completion of the work
    • Utilisation, testing and commissioning of existing laid cable & point machines.
  • Tentative signalling plan of Obra-C TPP yard is enclosed with the tender document for better understanding of the work. However, drawing is subject to change.

Work Experience:

For Works in Difficult Areas:

  • The Bidder should have satisfactorily completed in his own name or proportionate share as a member of a Joint Venture:
  • At least one similar work of minimum value of Rs 4.50 Crore (Rupees Four Crore and Fifty Lacs Only)

OR

  • At least two similar works each of minimum value of Rs 2.81 Crore (Rupees Two Crore and Eighty One Lacs Only) during the last 07 (Seven) years prior to the last stipulated date for submission of the Bid.
  • Works completed prior to the cut-off date shall not be considered.

Similar Works:

  • Similar Works shall mean the “Signal and Tele-communication work involving commissioning of at least one station with Panel Interlocking (PI) / Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) / Solid State Interlocking (SSI) carried out in India” under a single contract (including additional work carried out under the contract).
  • In case the Bidder (Indian Company) wishes to rely on a work completed abroad, the value of such completed work in foreign convertible currency shall be converted into Indian Rupees. The conversion rate shall be decided by RITES based on the rates of currency on the date of completion of work (the bidder to also submit the currency conversion rate as on completion date of the Credential Certificate relied upon by the bidder for the purpose of work experience).
  • Further, such a bidder (Indian Company) should have also completed at least one Similar work of value minimum 25 % of estimated cost of work, in India in the last Seven (07) years prior to the last Stipulated date for submission of the Bids.

Notes:

  • A weightage of 7% (compounded annually from the date of completion of the work to the last stipulated date for submission of the Bids) shall be given for equating the value of works to the last stipulated date for submission of the bids. For example, for a similar work of Rs. 1,00,000/- completed on 31.12.2017 and the last stipulated date for submission of the bids was 31.08.2020 the value of work that shall be considered after giving weightage is Rs. [1,00,000*1.07*1.07] {1+[(7/100)*(244/366)]} = Rs. 1,19,832.87, rounded off to Rs. 1,19,833/-
  • Only such works shall be considered where physical completion of entire work is over or commissioning of work has been done, whichever is earlier.
  • The Bidder should submit the details of such similar completed works as per the format at Proforma-1 enclosed.
  • Works carried out by another Contractor on behalf of the Bidder on a back to back basis will not be considered for satisfaction of the Qualification Criterion by the Bidder.
  • Credential certificates issued by Government Organisations / Semi Government Organisations of Central or State Government; or by Public Sector Undertakings / Autonomous Bodies of Central / State Government or their subsidiaries / by Public Ltd. Companies listed in Stock exchange in India or Abroad or subsidiaries of such companies shall only be accepted for assessing the eligibility of a Tenderer.
  • Certificates issued by one of the aforesaid organisations as a lead member (having equity stake of 51% or more) of a Joint Venture (JV) for a work executed for the JV, will also be acceptable. In case of PPP projects, if the bidder has executed a work for a concessionaire who is one of the aforesaid organisations, then the certificate issued by such concessionaire or by the public authority concerned, will also be acceptable.
  • The cutoff date shall be calculated backwards from the last stipulated date for submission of Tender i.e. for a Tender having the last stipulated date for submission on 06.09.2020, the cutoff date shall be 07.09.2013.
  • The value of similar works shall be calculated excluding the element of GST on works Contract Service while evaluating on meeting the Qualifying Criteria of Work Experience.

Tender document can only be obtained after registration of tenderer on the website https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app


Source: RITES -Tender | Image Credit (representational): South Central