INVITATION TO TENDER GOVERNMENT OF ... - Indian Railway

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13.9 The offers should remain open for a period of 150 days (incl. the date of opening of tenders).
In absence of any mention to the contrary, the offers will be presumed to be valid for the above
period. It may be noted that offers will lesser validity may get disqualified.
13.10 In case the day of opening of tender is declared as a Gazetted Holiday, the tenders will be
opened on the first working day after the scheduled day of opening of tenders.
13.11 Printed terms and conditions of the tendering firms not appearing in the body of tender shall
not be considered as forming part of the tender, unless specifically stated so in the body of the
tender. It may clearly be understood that deviations from IRS conditions of contract are neither
appreciated nor generally accepted and offers with deviations are liable to be ignored.
14. Earnest Money
14.1 The earnest money deposit (EMD) shall be taken from all Tenderers against advertised tenders
subject following exemptions
a) Vendors registered with NSIC upto monetary limits of their registration for the items
tendered.
b) Vendors registered with Railways upto the monetary limits of their registration for the items
tendered/trade groups of the items tendered.
c) Vendors on approved list of RDSO/PUs/CORE/Railways etc for those specific items for
which they are on approved lists.
d) Manufacturers and their accredited agents.
e) Other Railways, Government Departments.
14.2 The amount of EMD to be taken in advertised tenders, wherever applicable will be 2% of
the estimated tender value subject to an upper limit of :
` 5 lakhs for tenders valuing upto ` 10 crores; and
` 10 lakhs for tenders valuing above ` 10 crores.
14.3 The relaxation for deposit of earnest money will also be applicable to Govt. Deptt. For Public
Sector Undertakings, the relaxation is as under:
Earnest Money is not required to be deposited by PSUs for the group of items that are
manufactured by them, also for PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways & PSUs that are registered
with Production Units of Railways, Zonal Railways, CORE/ALD, RDSO or with NSIC. For other
PSUs waiver of Earnest Money can be considered in deserving cases.
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