Bulk purchase [minimum 80 percent of net procurement quantity] will be made only from those sources who are appearing as Approved Vendors of RDSO as available on UVAM ID No 3100594. Wherever, Approving Agency has assessed the capacity cum capability of the firm and has cleared the source as Developmental vendor for placement of developmental order, developmental order up to 20% of NPQ may be placed on such sources subject to their name appearing as Developmental Vendors as available on UVAM. The status of the firm will be reckoned as on the date of tender opening. Where there are not more than three Indian Suppliers categorized as Approved Vendors for a particular item, Developmental Vendors can be considered for placement of Bulk orders without any Quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of item, outstanding order load etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner, subject to rates being reasonable. Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on pre-decided tender criteria and such orders shall be treated as Bulk orders. Note: For detailed instructions refer Para 3, General Tender Conditions (updated latest) attached with NIT and/or available as Public Document on IREPS website Goods and Services/South Central Railway