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EARTHING CABLE COMPLETE FOR WHEEL SET EARTHING EQUIPMENT FOR LHB TYPE COACHES

Ministry of Railways

Office of the Principal Chief Materials Manager New Joint Office,Ayanavaram Chennai

Delivers to

Chennai

Overview

25 facts from the tender

Ministry of Railways published this goods tender on eProcure on 7 Oct 2026, for Chennai. No EMD is required. It closes on 13 Oct 2026, 10:30 am IST. Tender ID 107207451 · Ref 04263534.

Timeline

Published7 Oct 2026 · 5:24 pm
Closesin 2d 15h13 Oct 2026 · 10:30 am

Bidding

Bid type: Limited
Contract type: Goods · Expenditure
Tender type: Limited - Indigenous
Tendering section: 04
Bidding system: Single Packet
Evaluation: Itemwise/Consigneewise
Validity of offer: 90 days
Tender document cost: None
Ranking order: Lowest to Highest
Pre-bid meeting: None
Approved sources: Required · RCF
MSE reservation: Not reserved
Eligible supplier class: Class I suppliers only
Class I local content: At least 50%
MSE purchase preference: 25% of the quantity, within 15% of the lowest price
F.O.R: Destination

Buyer

Inviting authority: STORES/SOUTHERN RLY
Organisation type: Central Govt. Ministry/Department
Product category: Railway related Products
Location: Chennai
Portal: eProcure
Inspection agency: TPI Agency
Inviting officer: PCMM / SRlySTORES/SOUTHERN RLY

Important dates

Published: 7 Oct 2026, 5:24 pm IST
Closes: 13 Oct 2026, 10:30 am IST

Declarations by the buyer

The tenderers in their bid shall indicate the details of their GST Jurisdictional Assessing Officers (Designation, Address & email id). In case of a contract award, a copy of Purchase Order shall be immediately forwarded by Purchaser to the GST Jurisdictional assessing officer mentioned in Tenderer's bid
Complies with the Public Procurement (Make in India) Order 2017
The tender inviting authority confirms this tender does not violate the GFR rules on procurement through GeM

Items & delivery

1 item

Delivery schedule

Applies to: For all items
Completion: Within 4 Months
Rate of supply: Delivery schedule indicated in the Tender schedule is tentative and may vary as per the requirements of the Railways at the time of releasing the Purchase order.

Item 1 PL 33636503

EARTHING CABLE COMPLETE FOR WHEEL SET EARTHING EQUIPMENT FOR LHB TYPE CO ACHES AS PER RCF DRG NO. LW71249, ALT. c CONFORMING TO RCF SPECIFICATION No. EDTS.101, RE V. C, AMENDMENT No. 1 TO 3, CORRIGENDUM-1 TO 8, ANNEXURE-1

Total quantity: 550 Numbers
Warranty: 30 Months after the date of delivery
Stock category: Stock
Approving agency: RCF
Inspection agency: TPI Agency
Quantity tolerance (±): 5 %age
Item Category: Normal
Permitted PO value variation: Max 8 lacs

Delivery destination

SR.DMM/LSD/MDU, SR

Tamil Nadu

UVAM item reference

( Item Id :- 2400031 - Wheel Set Earthing Equipment for LHB Coaches )

Documents

2 files

Documents to submit

Commercial-Compliance

It will not be obligatory on the part of Tender Committee/Accepting Authority scrutinize beyond the submitted document of tenderer as far as his qualification for the tender is considered.
Document optional
Please enter the percentage of local content in the material being offered. Please enter 0 for fully imported items, and 100 for fully indigenous items. The definition and calculation of local content shall be in accordance with the Make in India policy as incorporated in the tender conditions.
Document optional

Eligibility

Special Eligibility Criteria

1. Railway reserves the right to procure bulk or entire qty. of this item from either RCF approved vendors. (UVAM ref: RCF ID 2400031_001). Approval status of the firm will be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter. But in case of downgrading /removal/suspension/banning etc.,after opening of this tender, such changes shall be taken into account while considering the offers.
2. It may specifically be noted that approval of a vendor only signifies its technical capability to supply the items for which it has been approved / registered and it is quite likely that such vendors differ in terms of capacity, past performance etc.
3. The quantity to be ordered on approved sources, therefore, will be decided duly considering factors such as past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of items and outstanding order load etc. and the tender conditions in fair transparent and equitable manner. More importantly, offers from Vendors having supply failures/poor performance in this Railway (SR) are liable to be ignored and the decision of the Purchaser in this regard shall be final and binding on all the bidders.
4. For details regarding ordering on Approved / Developmental vendors, please refer para 3.2 & 3.3 of Part B tender conditions.
Document optional
Developmental vendors whose prototype approval, field trials, or both are pending for the tendered item as on the date of tender opening shall not be considered for placement of any order

Preferences & relaxations

EMD exemption

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Commercial conditions

EMD: Not required
Tender fee: None

Terms & conditions

13 conditions

Payment Terms

95% payment against inspection certificate issued by the nominated inspection agency as specified in the contract, and proof of dispatch/delivery of the material to consignee, and balance 5% after receipt, inspection and acceptance of the goods by the consignee. In case of despatch by rail, unqualified Railway Receipt/Parcel Way Bill will be taken as the proof of despatch. In case of despatch by other means such as road transport, receipted challan signed by the gazetted officer at consignee's end will be taken as proof of delivery OR 100% payment against Receipt Note.

Statutory Variation Clause

Statutory Variation in taxes and duties, or fresh imposition of taxes and duties by State/ Central Governments in respect of the items stipulated in the contract (and not the raw materials thereof), within the original delivery period stipulated in the contract, or last unconditionally extended delivery period shall be to Railways' account. Only such variation shall be admissible which takes place after the submission of bid. No claim on account of statutory variation in respect of existing tax/duty will be accepted unless the tenderer has clearly indicated in his offer the rate of tax/duty considered in his quoted rate. No claim on account of statutory variation shall be admissible on account of misclassification by the supplier/ contractor.

Standard Governing Conditions

This tender and the contract/Purchase order placed against this tender will be governed by all the conditions mentioned in the schedule of tender, IRS conditions of contract [latest version] and the documents attached with this tender.

Commercial-Compliance

In case of road delivery, the date of delivery at destination [consignee's end] shall only be treated as delivery date irrespective of F.O.R. / F.O.T. condition mentioned elsewhere in the contract / tender.
1. Please refer Para. 14.0 Part-A of SR Tender condition
2. Goods and Service Tax (GST): Pursuant to the notification of GST Act 2017, the rate of GST as applicable to the tendered item should be correctly quoted by the tenderer, duly mentioning the HSN code.
  1. All the contractor/tenderers should ensure that they are GST compliant and their quoted tax structure /rates are as per GST Law.
  2. Bidders must be registered under GST Act and Rules. They shall invariably quote their GSTIN registration details without fail in their offer.
  3. In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/ SGST Act, the Railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under reverse charge mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority.
  4. The offers shall be evaluated based on the GST rate as quoted by each contractor and same will be used for determining the inter-se ranking. While submitting offer, it shall be the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that they quote correct GST rate and HSN number.
  5. Purchaser shall not be responsible for any misclassification of HSN number or incorrect GST rate if quoted by the contractor.
  6. The tenderers in their bids shall indicate the details of their Jurisdictional Assessing Officers (Designation, address & email id). In case of a contract award, a copy of the LOA/Purchase Order shall be immediately forwarded by Purchaser to the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer mentioned in the Tenderer's bid.
Unloading of the material at the consignee end should be done by the Consignee only.
Failure consequences In the event the firm fails to execute the contract within the stipulated delivery period, the Purchaser shall be entitled to impose liquidated damages for any extension of the delivery period. Further, if the supplier, for any reason, fails to deliver the goods in whole or in part in accordance with the contractual terms and conditions (as amended from time to time), the Purchaser reserves the right to recover damages from the supplier, not as a penalty, but by way of compensation, equivalent to the value of the security deposit for the entire contract . Such damages shall be treated as outstanding recoveries against the vendor and shall be dealt with accordingly.
Whenever tender is floated with purchase restriction from sources approved by nominated authorities and there exists a suspected cartel situation by approved sources or the rates available from approved source/sources are adjudged unreasonably high, despite fair efforts as permissible, the purchaser reserves the right to place orders on firm(s) outside the approved vendor list, without any restrictions.(Please Refer para 4.0 of part B of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" document attached to this tender document for further details.)

General Instructions

1. In case of MSE firm willing to claim the benefits under Public Procurement Policy (Preference to MSE) order 2012, the firm should upload with their offer, the proof of their being MSE registered with the agency mentioned in Part B Para 15.0 of Southern Railway tender conditions, failing which such offers will not be liable for consideration of benefits
2. As per Gazette notification no. S.O.4926(E) dated 18.10.2022 amending notification no. S.O.2119(E) dated 26.06.2020 circulated vide Railway Board letter no.2020/RS(G)/363/1 dated 03.11.2022 regarding reclassification of enterprises and Udyam registration, In case of an upward change in terms of plant and machinery or equipment or turnover or both, and consequent reclassification, an enterprise shall continue to avail of all non-tax benefits of the category it was in before the reclassification, for a period of three years from the date of such upward change. In such cases, the tenderer claiming benefits under MSE category shall submit documentary evidence o f the date of upgradation to Medium category along with offer. Such claims will not be considered with out documentary evidence
3. Tenderers shall upload Udyam Registration detail showing that the enterprise is owned by Scheduled Castes (SC)/Scheduled Tribes (ST)/women entrepreneurs to claim the benefit under this sub classification.

Other Conditions

1. Inspection by TPI. 2 In case of TPI, firm to mention the place of inspection with full address and pin code
2. Tenderers may refer Annexure 13 of SR Tender conditions under.
3. Selection of TPI Agency is governed by Railway Board Letter No.2022/RS(G)/779/8
4. If Purchase Order value happens to be less than 5 lakh, then inspection will be by Consignee.

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Special Conditions

1. For PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POLICY (Preference to Make in India ), please refer Para 16.0 Part B of Southern Railway Tender Conditions .
2. Procurement of the item is restricted to Class-I Local suppliers with minimum local content of 50% (Class-I Local supplier as defined in Railway Board letter no: No.2020/RS(G)/779/2/Pt.1 dated 25.09.2020) only and the vendors who do not qualify to be "Class-I Local suppliers" (i.e., "Non-Local suppliers" or "Class-II Local suppliers" with local content less than 50%) should not quote in the tender as their offers shall not be considered for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a "Class-I Local supplier" for the tendered item participates in the tender, it does so at it's own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.
3. Please enter the percentage of the local content in the material being offered .Please enter 0 for fully imported items, and 100 for fully indigenous items. The definition and calculation of local content shall be in accordance with the Make in India Policy as incorporated in the tender condition.

Technical-Compliances

1) The Guarantee/Warranty of the item mentioned in the tender is only indicative, the actual Guarantee/Warranty is applicable as per the product specification.
Supply to be as per tender Description/Specification/Drawing.

Bidder declarations (13)

Check List

The bidder agrees to supply the tendered stores at the rate quoted by him in accordance with the Terms & Conditions of this tender and Tender conditions available under mentioned link.
The bidder confirms that Rates and other financial terms quoted in relevant columns of financial bid will only be ruling terms for acceptance , and such terms quoted anywhere else should be ignored. [Denial of this condition not recommended]
If you are not a MSE or a consortia of MSEs formed by NSIC, please indicate percentage of sub contracts in execution of this tender that will be from Micro and Small Enterprise(in percent of order value ) with further breakup of MSE owned by SC/ST. (Information will be provided in % terms with 6 fileds; Micro owned by SC, Micro owned by ST, Micro owned by Others, Small industry owned by SC, Small industry owned by ST, Small industry owned by Others)
Have you purchased bid documents. Normal
Have you quoted in the prescribed proforma.
Have you furnished the statement of deviations.[preferably nil]
Have you quoted price on the basis of free delivery to destination, indicating the break up.
Have you quoted delivery period correctly and precisely.
Have you kept your offer valid for 90 days.[validity of 120 days is required for items of Machinery and Plants]
Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers.
Tenderers to acknowledge having read and also accept the Tender Conditions for Electronic Tenders as available at Southern Railway Stores Tender conditions available under mentioned link.
Have you attached any performance statements with your offer? For proof of supply to other railways / production units copy of Purchase Order, Inspection certificate and receipt note / certificate must be uploaded. Non-submission of such vital documents may be taken as their not having any such past performance.
Please check our website before submitting offer, whether any corrigendum to the tender has been issued or not.

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