RITES Limited, a Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, invites online e-tender for Design, manufacture, supply and commissioning of high sided open cape gauge wagons for national railways of Zimbabwe.
- Tender Reference Number: 2022/RITES/EXPO/NRZ/WAGON/14/HSOW
- Name of Work: Design, manufacture, supply and commissioning of high sided open cape gauge wagons for national railways of Zimbabwe.
- EMD: INR 2.8 Crore
- Completion Period: 18 Months
- Document Download / Sale Start Date: 31st October, 2022
- Document Download / Sale End Date: 23rd November, 2022
- Pre-bid meeting: 09th November, 2022
- Bid Submission Start Date: 14th November, 2022
- Bid Submission End Date: 23rd November, 2022
- Bid Opening Date: 24th November, 2022
Scope of Supply:
- This contract is for the supply of the Goods of the description, specifications, and drawings, and in the quantities outlined in the contract on the dates specified therein.
- Incidental Works/ Services: If so stipulated, the contractor shall be required to perform specified incidental Works/ Services (e.g., Installation, Commissioning, Operator’s Training etc. in case of Supply of Capital Goods/ Machinery & Plant) as an integral part of the Goods in the contract.
Technical Specifications and Standards:
- The Goods & incidental Works/ Services to be provided by the contractor under this contract shall conform to the technical specifications and quality control parameters mentioned in ‘Technical Specification and Quality Assurance’ under Sections VII of the Tender Document or as stipulated in the contract.
- Wherever references are made in the Contract to codes and standards by which it shall be executed, the edition or the revised version of such codes and standards shall be those specified in the Contract.
- During Contract execution, any changes in any such codes and standards shall be applied only after approval by the Purchaser.
- For standards and requirements where no applicable specifications/ Quality Assurance are mentioned, appropriate latest authoritative standards and quality assurance issued by the concerned institution shall be applicable.
The Goods supplied shall be:
- Entirely brand new, unused, and incorporate all recent improvements in design and materials unless prescribed otherwise by the Procuring Entity in the contract.
- Conform to materials, manufacture and workmanship as stipulated in the contract, free of all defects and faults using specified/ appropriate materials, manufacture, and workmanship throughout and consistent with the established and generally accepted standards for Goods of the type ordered and in full conformity with the contract specification, drawing or sample, if any.
- This schedule covers scope of work, General and technical requirements for- Design, Development, Manufacture, Supply and commissioning of Cape Gauge High Sided Open Wagons.
- The Wagon body shall be a proven design with draw and buffing strength according to the relevant AAR standard and is sufficient for railway wagon application. All parts of the wagon shall be designed and manufactured to withstand the shocks, stresses and vibration developed while running over the tracks of Zimbabwe Railways, under extreme loading conditions.
- The Wagon shall be designed and manufactured in compliance with the relevant AAR standard to ensure the stability of the structure even at a derailment.
- The wagon body and underframe shall be made out from proven types of steels which suit tropical, coastal environment and rolling stock applications subject to heavy shocks and vibrations. The material shall be according to AAR Standards. There should not be any bimetallic reactions in between the materials of the car body and the under frame.
- Both materials shall be weldable, having high fatigue strength, non-corrosive and durable while satisfying the required Mechanical, Chemical and Engineering properties of them. The materials to be used for the locomotive body and the underframe of the proposed locomotive shall be specified.
Warranty/Guarantee:
- If so stipulated in the SCC/ Contract, the following warranty/ Guarantee clause shall apply:
- The contractor hereby covenants that it is a condition of the contract that all Goods supplied to the Procuring Entity under this contract shall be free of all defects and faults arising from design, materials (except when the design adopted and/ or the material used are as per the Procuring Entity’s specifications) or workmanship or from any act or omission of the contractor, that may develop under regular use of the supplied Goods under the conditions prevailing in India.
- Unless otherwise indicated in the contract, the contractor also guarantees that the said Goods would continue to conform to the description and quality as aforesaid, for 30 months after their delivery or 24 months from the date of placement in service (e.g., installation and commissioning), whichever shall be sooner.
Obligations of the contractor under the warranty clause shall survive even though:
- The Goods may have been inspected, accepted, installed/ commissioned and paid for by the Procuring Entity.
- The contract is terminated for any reason whatsoever.
- The Procuring Entity shall promptly notify in writing to the contractor, If during the period above, the said goods/ stores/ articles are discovered not to conform to the description and quality or have deteriorated, otherwise than by fair wear and tear (the decision of the Procuring Entity in that behalf being final and conclusive).
- Upon receipt of such notice, the contractor shall, within 14 days (or within any other period, if stipulated in the contract), expeditiously repair or replace the defective Goods or parts thereof, free of cost, at the ultimate destination. The Contractor shall take over the replaced parts/ Goods after providing their replacements, and no claim shall lie on the Procuring Entity for such replaced parts/ Goods after that.
- A penalty of 0.5% (half per cent) of the contract value for the delay in response time beyond specified time as detailed above shall be recoverable from the Performance/ Warranty Guarantee or as per GCC-clause 10.4 below.
- The maximum penalty for warranty failure will be 5% (Five percent) of the contract value during the whole warranty period. If there is further such delay after reaching this limit, Procuring Entity shall be entitled to encashment of whole of Performance/ Warranty Guarantee Bonds. In such an event, action similar to GCC-clause 9.10 for inordinate delays would also be taken.
- In case of any rectification of a defect or replacement of any defective Goods during the warranty period, the warranty for the rectified/ replaced Goods shall remain till the original warranty period.
- If the contractor, having been notified, fails to rectify/ replace the defect(s) within 21 days (or within any other period, if stipulated in the contract), it shall amount to breach of Contract for default under GCC-clause 12.1, and the Procuring Entity shall avail any or all remedial action(s) thereunder.
Eligibility:
- Subject to provisions in the Tender Document, participation in this Tender Process is open to all bidders who fulfil the ‘Eligibility’ and ‘Qualification criteria. Bidder should meet the following eligibility criteria as of the date of his bid submission and should continue to meet these till the award of the contract.
- Bidder shall be required to declare fulfilment of Eligibility Criteria in Form 1.2 (Eligibility Declarations). The Bidder, unless otherwise stipulated in TIS/ AITB.
Must:
- Be a natural person, private entity, or public entity (State-owned enterprise or institution).
- Unless permitted explicitly in TIS/ AITB, not be (or proposes to be, a Joint Venture/ Consortium (an association of several persons, firms, or companies – hereinafter referred to as JV/C).
- Be a manufacturer of the product offered or be dealer authorised by the Principal/ OEM.
- Not be insolvent, in receivership, bankrupt or being wound up, not have its affairs administered by a court or a judicial officer, not have its business activities suspended and must not be the subject of legal proceedings for any of these reasons. (including their affiliates or subsidiaries or Contractors/ subcontractors for any part of the contract)
- Not stand declared ineligible/ blacklisted/ banned/ debarred by the RITES Limited or its Ministry/ Department from participation in its Tender Processes; and/ or
- Not be convicted (within three years preceding the last date of bid submission) or stand declared ineligible/ suspended/ blacklisted/ banned/ debarred by appropriate agencies of Government of India from participation in Tender Processes of all of its entities,
- Not have changed its name or created a new business entity as covered by the definition of “Allied Firm”, consequent to having been declared ineligible/ suspended/ blacklisted/ banned/ debarred as above;
- Not have an association (as a bidder/ partner/ director/ employee in any capacity) of retired Manager (of Gazetted Rank) or a retired Gazetted Officer of the Central or State Government or its Public Sector Undertakings if such a retired person has not completed the cooling-off period of one year after his retirement.
- However, this shall not apply if such managers/ officers have obtained a waiver of the cooling-off period from their erstwhile organisation of the near relations of executives of Procuring Entity involved in this Tender Process.
- Not have a conflict of interest, which substantially affects fair competition. The prices quoted should be competitive and without adopting any unfair/ unethical/ anticompetitive means. No attempt should be made to induce any other bidder to submit or not to submit an offer for restricting competition.
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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