Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved Vendor for a particular item, developmental vendors can be considered for placement of bulk order 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. In such cases, the purchaser reserves the right to split the order quantity between one or more firms and Para 25.2 of Instruction to tenderers and General Conditions of tenders for supply contract [for indigenous tenders] shall be applicable. Such orders shall be treated as bulk orders. Indian Supplier shall be defined as follows: A supplier or bidder shall be considered to be from India if
- the entity is incorporated in India, or
- a majority of its shareholding or effective control of the entity is exercised from India, or
- more than 50 Percent of the value of the item being supplied has been added in India. For past performance evaluation, 20% of the tender quantity supplied against single order for the same item over the past three years shall be considered as stipulated in Central Railway Bid Document Para 3.4.2.