Linoleum Sheet & Tiles (V2) Conforming To IS 653

Availability of Service Centres: Bidder/OEM must have a Functional Service Centre in the State of each Consignee's Location in case of carry-in warranty. (Not applicable in case of goods having on-site warranty). If service center is not already there at the time of bidding, successful bidder / OEM shall have to establish one within 30 days of award of contract. Payment shall be released only after submission of documentary evidence of having Functional Service Centre.

Nominated Inspection Agency: On behalf of the Buyer organization, any one of the following Inspection Agency would be conducting inspection of stores before acceptance: Pre-dispatch Inspection at Seller Premises (applicable only if pre-dispatch inspection clause has been selected in ATC): NA Post Receipt Inspection at consignee site before acceptance of stores: Station Board of Officer

• 3.Sample Clause After award of contract – Successful Bidder shall have to get advance sample approved from buyer before bulk manufacturing / starting bulk supplies. Successful Bidder shall submit 1 samples for Buyer's approval, within 5 days of award of contract. Buyer shall, as per contract specifications framework, either approve the advance sample or will provide complete list of modification required in the sample within 5 days of receipt of advance sample. Seller shall be required to ensure supply as per approved sample with modifications as communicated by Buyer. If there is delay from buyer side in approval of advance sample – the delivery period shall be refixed without LD for the period of delay in sample approval. In case, the sample is found to have major deviations / not conforming to the Contract specifications, the buyer at its discretion may call for fresh samples for approval before allowing bulk supplies or may terminate the contract after notifying the deviations to the seller. Unless otherwise provided in the contract, all samples required for test shall be supplied by the contractor free of cost. Where under the contract, the contractor is required to submit an advance sample, any expenses incurred by the contractor on or in connection with the production of stores in bulk, before the sample has been approved unconditionally shall be borne by the Seller and he shall not claim any compensation in the event of such sample being found unacceptable by the Buyer / Consignee.
• 4.Turnover Bidder Turn Over Criteria: The minimum average annual financial turnover of the bidder during the last three years, ending on 31st March of the previous financial year, should be as indicated in the bid document. Documentary evidence in the form of certified Audited Balance Sheets of relevant periods or a certificate from the Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant indicating the turnover details for the relevant period shall be uploaded with the bid. In case the date of constitution / incorporation of the bidder is less than 3 year old, the average turnover in respect of the completed financial years after the date of constitution shall be taken into account for this criteria.

Bidders can also submit the EMD with Fixed Deposit Receipt made out or pledged in the name of A/C Commandant, OD Kolkata . The bank should certify on it that the deposit can be withdrawn only on the demand or with the sanction of the pledgee. For release of EMD, the FDR will be released in the favour of the bidder by the Buyer after making endorsement on the back of the FDR duly signed and stamped along with covering letter. Bidder has to upload scanned copy/ proof of the FDR along with bid and has to ensure delivery of hardcopy to the Buyer within 5 days of Bid End date/ Bid Opening date

Bidder financial standing: The bidder should not be under liquidation, court receivership or similar proceedings, should not be bankrupt. Bidder to upload undertaking to this effect with bid.

Bidders shall quote only those products (Part of Service delivery) in the bid which are not obsolete in the market and has at least 3 years residual market life i.e. the offered product shall not be declared end-of- life by the OEM before this period.

Bidder's offer is liable to be rejected if they don't upload any of the certificates / documents sought in the Bid document, ATC and Corrigendum if any.

Bidders are advised to check applicable GST on their own before quoting. Buyer will not take any responsibility in this regards. GST reimbursement will be as per actuals or as per applicable rates (whichever is lower), subject to the maximum of quoted GST %.

Bidder shall submit the following documents along with their bid for Vendor Code Creation:

• a.Copy of PAN Card.
• b.Copy of GSTIN.
• c.Copy of Cancelled Cheque.
• d.Copy of EFT Mandate duly certified by Bank.

Buyer Added text based ATC clauses

• 1.Items are required as per defence specifications issued by concerned CQA/ depot sample. Good quality product from reputed and known brands (ISI/ BIS certification, where applicable).
• 2.Seller to provide certificate confirming that the supplied items are genuine in accordance with existing d efence specifications of the item.
• 3.EMD - EMD (in shape of FDR/PBG only. DD and bankers cheque will not be accepted) should be valid for 30 days beyond the final bid validity period ie. EMD should be valid for 210 days (180+30) from the last da te of submission of Bid. EMD date should be after the date of bid publication (If Applicable).
• 4.Past Performance- Seller must submit 80% past performance of last three years GeM Contract Orders fo r the bid quantity for subject item only and balance 20% Past performance of GeM contract orders of simila r items.
• 5.Bidder to uploaded copy of CRAC/Inspection Note alongwith Invoice to consider for experience criteria a nd past performance.
• 6.All certificate / acceptance of terms and condition indicating Bid No as required in the bid should be sub mitted by bidder on firm's letter head and current date with stamp and signature of proprietor. Old date / without date certificate will not be accepted.
• 7.Bid participation of the bidder duly accepted only no incident report has been raised against the bidder in last one year by GEM.
• 8.The Bidder should submit an undertaking certificate for the uploaded documents are 100% genuine reg arding the subject bid.
• 9.All document required in the bid should be uploaded by the bidder duly signed by the proprietor on Firm 's letter head only.
• 10.Bid will be rejected in case any faulty/incorrect documents are uploaded.
• 11.Bidder should uploaded latest manufacturing certificate on firms letter head.
• 12.Bidder has to submit Anti-Collusion Certificate alongwith Tech Bid (Format attached).
• 13.Original Equipment supplier (OEM),or OEM Authorised Distributor/ service provider may participate in t he bid duly meeting ATC and buyer added specific ATC
• 14.Seller to provide certificate confirming that the supplied items are genuine in accordance with existing specifications.
• 15.OEM authorisation form/ certificate with OEM e-mail ID and phone number are required to be submitte d with the bid.
• 16.The firm failing to submit above documents with tech bid are liable to be considered for disqualificatio n by TEC. .

Buyer uploaded ATC document Click here to view the file.

To be eligible for award of contract, Bidder / OEM must possess following Certificates / Test Reports on the date of bid opening (to be uploaded with bid): Latest NABL Test Report .

Warranty period of the supplied products shall be 1 years from the date of final acceptance of goods or after completion of installation, commissioning & testing of goods (if included in the scope of supply), at consignee location. OEM Warranty certificates must be submitted by Successful Bidder at the time of delivery of Goods. The seller should guarantee the rectification of goods in case of any break down during the guarantee period. Seller should have well established Installation, Commissioning, Training, Troubleshooting and Maintenance Service group in INDIA for attending the after sales service. Details of Service Centres near consignee destinations are to be uploaded along with the bid.

Data Sheet of the product(s) offered in the bid, are to be uploaded along with the bid documents. Buyers can match and verify the Data Sheet with the product specifications offered. In case of any unexplained mismatch of technical parameters, the bid is liable for rejection.

• 16.Ration Item ATCs Demurrage charges In case the rejected items are not lifted by the firm within 48 hrs, the demurrage charges at the rate of 0.5% of total contract value will be charged per day. In case the items are not lifted within a month, the same will be destroyed by the station board of officers and no claim will be admitted.Demurrage charges. In case the rejected items are not lifted by the firm within 48 hrs, the demurrage charges at the rate of 0.5% of total contract value will be charged per day. In case the items are not lifted within a month, the same will be destroyed by the station board of officers and no claim will be admitted.

Experience Criteria: The Bidder or its OEM {themselves or through reseller(s)} should have regularly, manufactured and supplied same or similar Category Products to any Central / State Govt Organization / PSU for 3 years before the bid opening date. Copies of relevant contracts to be submitted along with bid in support of having supplied some quantity during each of the year. In case of bunch bids, the primary product having highest value should meet this criterion.

For hazardous chemical/item, all precautionary measure as per regulation from the point of transportation/ handling/ storage/ safety/ health/ environment to be undertaken/ specified before dispatch. During dispatch, proper symbol for the hazard/ MSDS/ Batch No./ date of manufacturing/ Gross Weight/ Net Weight/ shelf Life etc are to be written/ printed/ pasted on the body of the packing.

• 19.Purchase Preference (Centre) Indian suppliers of this item are not allowed to participate and/ or compete in procurement by some foreign governments. Bidders / products from such countries are not eligible / not allowed to participate in this bid in terms of clause 1 (d) of Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017

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ISO 9001: The bidder or the OEM of the offered products must have ISO 9001 certification.

Manufacturer Authorization:Wherever Authorised Distributors/service providers are submitting the bid, Authorisation Form /Certificate with OEM/Original Service Provider details such as name, designation, address, e-mail Id and Phone No. required to be furnished along with the bid

NET WORTH: Net Worth of the OEM should be positive as per the last audited financial statement.

NON DISCLOSURE DECLARATION CERTIFICATE (On Bidder Letter Head) to be uploaded with bid:

• 1.I M/s. (Name of the Seller) hereby declare that I shall not disclose the contract or any provision, specification, plan, design, pattern, sample or information thereof to any third party during and after expiry of Contract.
• 2.If defying the norms as per the Contract a legal action may be taken against me as per the existing Rules.
• 25.Turnover OEM Turn Over Criteria: The minimum average annual financial turnover of the OEM of the offered product during the last three years, ending on 31st March of the previous financial year, should be as indicated in the bid document. Documentary evidence in the form of certified Audited Balance Sheets of relevant periods or a certificate from the Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant indicating the turnover details for the relevant period shall be uploaded with the bid. In case the date of constitution / incorporation of the OEM is less than 3 year old, the average turnover in respect of the completed financial years after the date of constitution shall be taken into account for this criteria. In case of bunch bids, the OEM of CATEGORY RELATED TO primary product having highest bid value should meet this criterion.

OPTION CLAUSE: The Purchaser reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity to be ordered up to 50 percent of bid quantity at the time of placement of contract. The purchaser also reserves the right to increase the ordered quantity up to 50% of the contracted quantity during the currency of the contract at the contracted rates. The delivery period of quantity shall commence from the last date of original delivery order and in cases where option clause is exercised during the extended delivery period the additional time shall commence from the last date of extended delivery period. The additional delivery time shall be (Increased quantity ÷ Original quantity) × Original delivery period (in days), subject to minimum of 30 days. If the original delivery period is less than 30 days, the additional time equals the original delivery period. The Purchaser may extend this calculated delivery duration up to the original delivery period while exercising the option clause. Bidders must comply with these terms.

• 27.Ration Item ATCs Packing Material The items will be supplied by the successful bidder in its original packing material and the packing material will not be returned. Weight of packing material will not be included in quantity supplied and only net weight of the items will be counted. The packing should be of standardized weights of appropriate size. Item will not be accepted in non-standardized weights.Packing Material. The items will be supplied by the successful bidder in its original packing material and the packing material will not be returned. Weight of packing material will not be included in quantity supplied and only net weight of the items will be counted. The packing should be of standardized weights of appropriate size. Item will not be accepted in non-standardized weights.

Products supplied shall be nontoxic and harmless to health. In the case of toxic materials, Material Safety Data Sheet may be furnished along with the material.

• 29.Past Project Experience Proof for Past Experience and Project Experience clause: For fulfilling the experience criteria any one of the following documents may be considered as valid proof for meeting the experience criteria:a. Contract copy along with Invoice(s) with self-certification by the bidder that service/supplies against the invoices have been executed.b. Execution certificate by client with contract value.c. Any other document in support of contract execution like Third Party Inspection release note, etc.Proof for Past Experience and Project Experience clause: For fulfilling the experience criteria any one of the following documents may be considered as valid proof for meeting the experience criteria:a. Contract copy along with Invoice(s) with self-certification by the bidder that service/supplies against the invoices have been executed.b. Execution certificate by client with contract value.c. Any other document in support of contract execution like Third Party Inspection release note, etc.

Registration / Empanelment Requirement: Contract shall be awarded to only such sellers , who are registered / empanelled / approved / enlisted with DGQA/OFB/Ord Depot for the required goods / service category on the date of bid opening. Prospective bidders (if not already registered), are advised to get themselves registered with the said registration authority before bid opening date. (It is certified that the registration is granted by the registering agency as per Rule 150 of GFR following a fair, transparent and reasonable procedure.)

Scope of supply (Bid price to include all cost components) : Only supply of Goods

Successful Bidder can submit the Performance Security in the form of Fixed Deposit Receipt also (besides PBG which is allowed as per GeM GTC). FDR should be made out or pledged in the name of Commandant, OD Kolkata A/C (Name of the Seller). The bank should certify on it that the deposit can be withdrawn only on the demand or with the sanction of the pledgee. For release of Security Deposit, the FDR will be released in favour of bidder by the Buyer after making endorsement on the back of the FDR duly signed and stamped along with covering letter. Successful Bidder has to upload scanned copy of the FDR document in place of PBG and has to ensure delivery of hard copy of Original FDR to the Buyer within 15 days of award of contract.

• 33.Ration Item ATCs Shelf Life The supplier shall declare the shelf life/best before use for a minimum period equal to the warranty period as given in the DFS for the item. The item should be of the latest manufacture, conforming to the current production standard and having 100% defined life at the time of delivery.

Timely Servicing / rectification of defects during warranty period: After having been notified of the defects / service requirement during warranty period, Seller has to complete the required Service / Rectification within 7 days time limit. If the Seller fails to complete service / rectification with defined time limit, a penalty of 0.5% of Unit Price of the product shall be charged as penalty for each week of delay from the seller. Seller can deposit the penalty with the Buyer directly else the Buyer shall have a right to recover all such penalty amount from the Performance Security (PBG).Cumulative Penalty cannot exceed more than 10% of the total contract value after which the Buyer shall have the right to get the service / rectification done from alternate sources at the risk and cost of the Seller besides forfeiture of PBG. Seller shall be liable to re-imberse the cost of such service / rectification to the Buyer.

The bidder is required to upload, along with the bid, all relevant certificates such as BIS licence, type test certificate, approval certificates and other certificates as prescribed in the Product Specification given in the bid document.

Testing of Sample: The testing of advance sample and bulk sample during PDI will be carried at the designated AHSP labs.When testing facilities are not available, the facilities of Govt labs/NABL/Accredited labs will be utilized. The testing charges outside the designated AHSP labs to be borne by seller's.

Participation by the bidder in RA process would be considered as their consent for extension in offer validity by 30 days by the date of RA initiation.