RITES Limited, a Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, invites online e-tender for Construction of viaducts at Y-Junction and at Br No-11 for the proposed railway siding of M/s NLC India Ltd, taking off from IB railway station of Bilaspur division, SEC railway to Talabira mines at Jharsuguda district of Odisha state, Package-A.
- Tender Reference Number: 01/OT/ RITES-JSG/NLCIL /VIADUCT/2022-23
- Name of Work: Construction of viaducts at Y-Junction and at Br No-11 for the proposed railway siding of M/s NLC India Ltd, taking off from IB railway station of Bilaspur division, SEC railway to Talabira mines at Jharsuguda district of Odisha state, Package-A.
- Estimated Cost of Work: INR 201,79,10,822 Crore
- EMD: INR 25 Lakh
- Completion Period: 15 Months
- Document Download / Sale Start Date: 22nd October, 2022
- Document Download / Sale End Date: 21st November, 2022
- Pre-bid meeting: 11th November, 2022
- Bid Submission Start Date: 14th November, 2022
- Bid Submission End Date: 21st November, 2022
- Bid Opening Date: 22nd November, 2022
Scope of Work:
- Construction of Viaduct Bridge-Substructure and Foundation including PILE foundation and SuperStructure.
- Procurement, Supply, Assembling & Erection of Composite Welded Girder.
- Supply of Cement and Steel Reinforcement
- Other allied works.
- Any other works required for completion of the work under this contract as per direction of the Engineer in charge.
Availability of Site:
- The site for the work is available and the site is a water-logged area/ shall be made available in parts, as specified below.
- The JALBHANDAR Land about 90% of total length is available. The balance is in the process of acquisition and shall be made available progressively in next 6 months from the date of issue of LOA.
- However, if there is any delay in handing over of the site by the NLCIL/Employer, the contractor shall be entitled to claim a reasonable extension of contract period and no other compensation or claim for the delay shall be entertained.
Similar Works:
- Similar Works shall mean the work of “Execution of Any Major Bridge/Important Bridges” 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 i.e. of Rs.50,44,77,706, in India in the last 7 (seven) years prior to the last stipulated date for submission of the Bid.
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 119832.87, rounded off to Rs 1,19833/-.
- 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 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 06.08.2014, the cutoff date shall be 07.08.2007.
- In case JV is permitted the following provisions will apply:
Large Works:
- All the partners shall jointly meet this criterion.
Normal Works:
- The Partner-in-charge/Lead Member shall singly meet this criterion.
- The Value of similar work shall be calculated excluding the element of GST on works Contract Service while evaluating on meeting the Qualifying Criteria of work Experience.
About RITES Limited:
- RITES Limited is a Miniratna (Category-I) Schedule ‘A’ Public Sector Enterprise and a leading player in the transport consultancy and engineering sector in India, having diversified services and geographical reach.
- Company has an experience spanning 47 years and has undertaken projects in over 55 countries including Asia, Africa, Latin America, South America and Middle East regions.
- RITES Limited is the only export arm of Indian Railways for providing rolling stock overseas (other than Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia).
Tender documents may be downloaded from CPPP website https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app and from RITES website https://www.rites.com/
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