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NORTHERN RAILWAY 

TENDER NOTICE NO. I/VEHICULAR USFD/NR/2010 

GLOBAL TENDER 

CORRIGENDUM NO. 3 Dated : 14.02.2011 

Name of work: Ultrasonic flaw detection testing of 30400 Track Km of rails using vehicular 

system (i.e. Vehicular USFD) at nominated Group A sections as per “Indian Railway Standard 

specification for ultrasonic testing of Rails/Welds using vehicular system, (Provisional)-2009 

(With latest Correction Slips)” over Rajdhani routes of Railway (New Delhi-Howrah and New 

Delhi–Mumbai) covering sections between New Delhi to Mugalsarai and New Delhi to Ratlam. 

Notes: 

1. In connection to the above please note the modification in tender conditions 

Approx. Cost of Work (Rs.) 95000000/- INSTEAD OF Rs. 137860000/- 

Earnest Money Deposit (Rs.) 625000/- INSTEAD OF Rs. 839300/- 

Detailed modifications in the tender conditions are available on Northern Railway 

website http://www.nr.indianrail.gov.in. 

2. The said tender which was due to be opened on 18 th February,2011 ( 18.02.2011 ) will 

now be opened on 11 th March,2011 ( 11.03.2011 ). 

3. All other terms and conditions except modified above will remain unchanged. 

For Chief Track Engineer, 

Northern Railway 

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TENDER NOTICE NO. I/VEHICULAR USFD/NR/2010 

CORRIGENDUM NO. 3 

Name of work: Ultrasonic flaw detection testing of 30400 Track Km of rails using vehicular 

system (i.e. Vehicular USFD) at nominated Group A sections as per “Indian Railway Standard 

specification for ultrasonic testing of Rails/Welds using vehicular system, (Provisional)-2009 

(With latest Correction Slips)” over Rajdhani routes of Railway (New Delhi-Howrah and New 

Delhi–Mumbai) covering sections between New Delhi to Mugalsarai and New Delhi to Ratlam. 

Notes: 

1. In connection to the above please note the modification in tender conditions as detailed in 

these 14 pages. These 14 pages should be signed by all the tenderers. These pages must 

be attached alongwith the original tender document set of 96 pages (hence total pages 

constitute - 01 page tender notice + tender document 96 pages in original published set + 

01 page for 1 st corrigendum + 01 page for 2 nd corrigendum +14 pages for 3 rd 

corrigendum). 

2. Following conventions has been adopted to clearly highlight the changes/modifications 

made in the conditions. 

(i) 

(ii) 

The left hand side column is for old tender conditions which exist in the earlier 

published tender document of 96 pages. The right hand side column is for modified 

tender conditions which are now to be considered while submitting the offer. 

Certain words/sentences/paras which existed in the old tender conditions have now been 

deleted. All such deleted part is notified in ITALICS in the left hand column. 

(iii) 

Certain words/sentences/paras have been added or modified in the new conditions. All 

such additions/modifications is notified in ITALICS in the respective new conditions in 

the Right hand column. 

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Clause/Existing condition specified in the 

published Tender Document 

Approx. Cost of Work (Rs.) = 137860000/- 

Earnest Money Deposit (Rs.) = 839300/- 

Modified Clause/Condition to be considered while 

submitting the offer 

Approx. Cost of Work (Rs.) = 95000000/- 

Earnest Money Deposit (Rs.) = 625000/- 

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Earnest Money Deposit (Rs.) = 839300/- Earnest Money Deposit (Rs.) = 625000/- 

Approx. Cost of Work (Rs.) = 137860000/- Approx. Cost of Work (Rs.) = 95000000/- 

INDEX 

8.HIRING CHARGES OF ENGINE/UTV 

Part of - Eligibility Criteria 

Only those firms, “companies incorporated under 

the Companies Act 1956”, which in their 

individual capacity or along with their constituent 

units forming legally valid Association / Joint 

ventures duly registered with the Registrar of 

partnership firms in India (the Association / Joint 

ventures should be in existence / formed prior to 

submission of tender) satisfying the criteria 

detailed at Para (a) & (b) below need to quote 

for this tender. 

The legally enforced valid associations will be 

MOU, Technical collaboration. 

For offers supported by collaboration 

agreement, the role of all the signatory parties 

should be clearly spelt out w.r.t. providing 

technical know how, training, including all 

aspects of planning and satisfactory execution 

of work. The role of each party should be 

defined for various activities. The collaboration 

agreement should be as per RBI guidelines. In 

addition, collaborator should also undertake the 

responsibility of the fulfillment of the contract if 

awarded by the Railways to the concerned tenderer 

jointly or severally. The tenderer will submit a 

legal binding in this regard. 

The document such as MOU, Collaboration 

agreement, Joint venture deed with foreign partner 

etc. should be notarized in a country where it is 

executed. In case the document is executed outside 

INDIA, then besides notarization, the document 

would also be required to be authenticated by Indian 

High Commission/Indian Embassy/Indian High 

Commission of that country. 

15.0 EMERGENCY TESTING/WORK 

In the event of any accident or failure occurring 

in or about the work of arising out for or in 

connection with the work which in the opinion 

of the Engineer require immediate attention, the 

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8. HIRING CAHRGES OF ENGINE 

Part of - Eligibility Criteria 

Only those firms, “companies incorporated under the 

Companies Act 1956”, which in their individual 

capacity or along with their constituent units forming 

legally valid Association / Joint ventures duly 

registered with the Registrar of partnership firms in 

India (the Association / Joint ventures should be in 

existence / formed prior to submission of tender) 

satisfying the criteria detailed at Para (a) & (b) 

below need to quote for this tender. 

The legally enforced valid associations will be 

MOU, Technical collaboration. 

For offers supported by collaboration agreement, 

the role of all the signatory parties should be clearly 

spelt out w.r.t. providing technical know how, 

training, including all aspects of planning and 

satisfactory execution of work. The role of each 

party should be defined for various activities The 

collaboration agreement should be as per RBI 

guidelines. In addition, collaborator should also 

undertake the responsibility of the fulfillment of the 

contract if awarded by the Railways to the concerned 

tenderer jointly or severally. Foreign collaborator 

shall be bound to provide technical knowhow/training 

and issue competency certificates to 

the operators working on the machine. 

Undertaking in this regard should be submitted 

alongwith the tender document. The tenderer will 

submit a legal binding in this regard. 

The document such as MOU, Collaboration agreement, 

Joint venture deed with foreign partner etc. should be 

notarized in a country where it is executed. In case the 

document is executed outside INDIA, then besides 

notarization, the document would also be required to be 

authenticated by Indian High Commission/Indian 

Embassy/Indian High Commission of that country. 

15.0 EMERGENCY TESTING/WORK 

In the event of any accident or failure occurring in 

or about the work of arising out for or in connection 

with the work which in the opinion of the Engineer 

require immediate attention, the Railway may direct

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Railway may direct the agency /contractor to 

immediately shift machine /resources to the 

required site. 

MAINTENANCE PERIOD 

The work shall be maintained after completion for a 

period of NIL months by the contractor however 

contractor will be responsible if any rail/weld 

fracture occurs in the tested stretch within a period 

until next USFD testing has become due as per base 

frequency specified in the manual. Such period will 

be counted from the date on which last USFD 

testing by vehicular USFD method has been done in 

the concerned stretch. In such a situation, action will 

be taken in accordance with Clause 11 of Special 

Conditions of Contract. 

the agency /contractor to immediately shift machine 

/resources to the required site. Allowance for the 

wastage of time in shifting the machine and the time 

taken to attend the unscheduled site will be given in the 

Date of Completion (D.O.C.) No benefit will be given if 

accident/ failure is on part of contractor. 

MAINTENANCE PERIOD 

The work shall be maintained after completion for a 

period of NIL months by the contractor however 

contractor will be responsible if any rail/weld fracture 

occurs in the tested stretch within a period until next 

USFD testing has become due as per base frequency 

specified in the manual. Such period will be counted 

from the date on which last USFD testing by vehicular 

USFD method has been done in the concerned stretch. In 

such a situation, action will be taken in accordance with 

Clause 10 & 11 of Special Conditions of Contract. 

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Para 3 of Special Conditions of Contract 

The minimum defect detection level reliability 

percentage vis-à-vis size should satisfy clause 6.2 

of the Technical specification. The capability of test 

system of the successful tenderer shall be verified 

by performance benchmarking before actual 

/revenue testing begins. Benchmarking of the 

performance of the vehicular test system shall be a 

pre requisite to use of the system for revenue 

t e s t i n g on I R . The successful tenderer will 

have to get his vehicular system benchmarked 

after the award of contract by RDSO in the presence 

of NR officials. 


For this purpose, contractor will have to get their 

vehicle, system, machines and operators approved 

by RDSO / LKO for benchmarking and verifying 

the test system capability. This may be done 

using known rail defect method – 

where the test system runs over a test track 

containing known defects of various sizes and 

types or by defect audit verification method where 

number of rails defects detected by contractor 

during inspection run is audited by physical 

examination. 

For this purpose detailed method of benchmarking 

is given in the attached specifications. Hand probing 

of rail length selected at random and if required 

physical examinations b y b r e a k i n g o p e n the 

defects which were over reported / under reported / 

not reported in any of these testing can be done. In 

case it is considered necessary to carry out sizing 

of the flaws detected the same can be 

accomplished using procedure contained in 

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The minimum defect detection level reliability 

percentage vis-à-vis size should satisfy clause 6.2 of 

the Technical specification. The capability of test system 

of the successful tenderer shall be verified by 

performance benchmarking before actual /revenue 

testing begins. Benchmarking of the performance of the 

vehicular test system shall be a pre requisite to use of 

the system for revenue t e s t i n g on I R . The 

successful tenderer will have to get his vehicular 

system benchmarked after the award of contract by 

RDSO in the presence of NR officials. RDSO will take 

approx. two months for benchmarking of the vehicular 

system. 


For this purpose, contractor will have to get their 

vehicle, system, machines and operators approved by 

RDSO / LKO for benchmarking and verifying the test 

system capability. This may be done using known rail 

defect method – where the test system runs over a test 

track containing known defects of various sizes and 

types or by defect audit verification method where 

number of rails defects detected by contractor during 

inspection run is audited by physical examination. 

For this purpose detailed method of benchmarking is 

given in the attached specifications. Hand probing of rail 

length selected at random and if required physical 

examinations by breaking open the defects which 

were over reported / under reported / not reported in any 

of these testing can be done. In case it is considered 

necessary to carry out sizing of the flaws detected the 

same can be accomplished using procedure contained in 

specifications. The calibration should be done as per 

RDSO specification. The details of calibration of track 

containing artificial defects are given at Annexure-3 of

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specifications. The calibration should be done as 

per RDSO specification. The cost of complete 

benchmarking activity is to be borne by the tenderer 

as detailed in the specification. 

Para 5.1.1 of Special Conditions of Contract 

For shunting purposes, especially for Rail Bound 

Vehicles, the test rail car shall be capable to 

operate in both directions. Speed of 

operation/running shall be the same from 

both the directions. However this will not be 

applicable in case of Rail cum Road test car. 

The requirement of coupling for RCRV is not 

essential but in such a case the tenderer should be in 

a position to off track the Rail cum Road test car so 

as to clear the block section in case of a break down 

and / or derailment. 

Failure to offload / re-rail in a period of one hour 

shall attract penalties of Rs 3.51 lakhs per hour 

or part their off. Track occupation charges for 

transporting the vehicle from one location to the 

other (non testing run) will be same i.e. Rs. 3.51 

lakhs per hour of occupation. 

Indian Railway Standard Specification for Ultrasonic 

testing of Rail/Welds using Vehicular Systems 

(Provisional),2009. The tenderer shall arrange rails 

containing artificial defects however the rails required 

will be supplied by the Railway. The cost of complete 

benchmarking activity is to be borne by the tenderer as 

detailed in the specification. 


For shunting purposes, especially for Rail Bound 

Vehicles, the test rail car shall be capable to operate in 

both directions. Speed of operation/running 

shall be the same from both the directions. 

However this will not be applicable in case of Rail cum 

Road test car. 

The requirement of coupling for RCRV is not essential 

but in such a case the tenderer should be in a position to 

off track the Rail cum Road test car so as to clear the 

block section in case of a break down and / or 

derailment. 

Failure to offload / re-rail in a period of one hour 

shall attract penalties of Rs 3.51 lakhs per hour or 

part their off. Track occupation charges for 

transporting the vehicle from one location to the 

other (non testing run) will be same i.e. Rs. 3.51 lakhs 

per hour of occupation. 

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Para 5.2 of Special Conditions of Contract 

5.2 OPERATIONAL SPEEDS 

The above penalty shall be levied on all type of USFD 

Vehicular system occupying the track in Non-testing 

mode, either due to failure to off-load / re-load or 

transporting the vehicle from one location to other. 


5.2 OPERATIONAL SPEEDS 

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The vehicular USFD system shall be capable to 

carry out testing at the following speeds: 

• Minimum testing speed of 40 kmph on Indian 

Railway track conditions. However increase in 

testing speed shall form an objective of 

Railways in order to improve utilization of 

track possession. 

• Since with each run the familiarization with the 

track increases therefore for subsequent runs it 

will be possible to test the track with greater 

reliability and confidence, therefore higher 

testing speeds should be possible. For counting 

the number of runs it is specified that 

whenever the Vehicular USFD system comes 

again in the same section to do ultrasonic 

testing, it will be counted as the next run and 

accordingly all runs will be counted. 


OTHER OPERATIONAL/TESTING NEEDS. 

The self propelled car shall be capable to negotiate 

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The vehicular USFD system shall be capable to 

carry out testing at the following speeds: 

• Minimum testing speed of 40 kmph on Indian 

Railway track conditions. However increase in 

testing speed shall form an objective of Railways in 

order to improve utilization of track possession. 

The records of speed will be maintained through 

Speedograph fitted in the vehicle as well as in the 

register which will be signed jointly by the Railway 

supervisor and the contractor’s representative. 

• Since with each run the familiarization with the track 

increases therefore for subsequent runs it will be 

possible to test the track with greater reliability and 

confidence, therefore higher testing speeds should be 

possible. For counting the number of runs it is 

specified that whenever the Vehicular USFD system 

comes again in the same section to do ultrasonic 

testing, it will be counted as the next run and 

accordingly all runs will be counted. 


OTHER OPERATIONAL/TESTING NEEDS. The 

Vehicular USFD system shall be capable to negotiate

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as well as to start on the steepest gradients present 

over the proposed test stretch of Gr. A route. 

•The car shall be capable to test the rails having 

lateral wear of up to 15mm, as measured 13 to 15 

mm below the original top surface of the rail. 

• Power Generator sets/Inverters of adequate 

capacity to provide power for electronic, electrical 

system and for the electrical appliances. 

• Adequate Water tank capacity for testing. 

Limitations in water quality, if any, be specified. 

Optical or any suitable type of encoder shall be 

provided to 

• Determine the distance travelled 

• Determine the speed in KMPH 

• Monitor the pulse repetition frequency of each 

probe 

•Reporting rail defect with exact chainage & Km 

post. 


CRS SANCTION AND RIDING QUALITY 

TESTS: 

The testing car before being permitted to run on 

Indian Railway shall be required to undergo all 

procedures and formalities of obtaining CRS 

sanction along with specified riding quality 

trial/test procedures if needed as per applicable 

latest circulars of RDSO/Railway Board. No 

idling charges or any other waiting charge will be 

paid during the period when such sanctions are 

being processed by concerned offices. 


The required kms and their due date of testing of 

each section will be scheduled by the Railway and 

the tenderer shall progress the work accordingly. 

There should not be any over due testing of kms. 

The base frequency of testing for different sections 

will be as per frequency prescribed in Manual of 

Ultrasonic testing of Rails/Welds -2006 and is 

decided by the traffic load {Measured in Gross 

Million Tonnes(GMT) } of that section. It is 

highly preferable that agency makes its own 

arrangement of motive power (e.g. UT etc) to be 

used for non self propelled USFD vehicles. 

However if Power for vehicle is hired from the 

Railways (UTV/Engine), the applicable charges as 

given the attached annexure will be taken from 

the contractor. It may be noted that the UTV as 

motive power may be provided by railways but 

the arrangement for fuel i.e. Diesel will be the 

responsibility of the contractor. The cost of 

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as well as to start on the steepest gradients present over 

the proposed test stretch of Gr. A route. 

•The car shall be capable to test the rails having lateral 

wear of up to 15mm, as measured 13 to 15 mm below 

the original top surface of the rail. 

• Power Generator sets/Inverters of adequate capacity 

to provide power for electronic, electrical system and 

for the electrical appliances. 

• Adequate Water tank capacity for testing. Limitations 

in water quality, if any, be specified. 

Optical or any suitable type of encoder shall be 

provided to 

• Determine the distance travelled 

• Determine the speed in KMPH 

• Monitor the pulse repetition frequency of each probe 

•Reporting rail defect with exact chainage & Km post. 


CRS SANCTION AND RIDING QUALITY TESTS: 

The testing car before being permitted to run on Indian 

Railway shall be required to undergo all procedures 

and formalities of obtaining CRS sanction along with 

specified riding quality trial/test procedures if needed 

as per applicable latest circulars of RDSO/Railway 

Board. No idling charges or any other waiting charge 

will be paid during the period when such sanctions are 

being processed by concerned offices. 

‘Indian Railways Schedule of Dimensions 1676mm 

Gauge (BG) Revised, 2004’ with its A&C slips , ‘Policy 

Circular no. 06 regarding determining speed potential 

of Rolling stock on IR’ and Criteria of determining 

speed potential of Rolling Stock may be provided on 

payment basis to desirous firms. 


The required kms and their due date of testing of each 

section will be scheduled by the Railway and the 

tenderer shall progress the work accordingly 

(Annexure-1/C to Chapter II - Sections between New 

Delhi to Mughalsarai and New Delhi to Ratlam and 

their present GMT(revised every year). There should 

not be any over due testing of kms. The base 

frequency of testing for different sections will be as 

per frequency prescribed in Manual of Ultrasonic 

testing of Rails/Welds -2006 and is decided by the 

traffic load {Measured in Gross Million Tonnes(GMT) 

} of that section. It is highly preferable that agency 

makes its own arrangement of motive power (e.g. UT 

etc) t o be used for non self propelled USFD 

vehicles. However if Power for vehicle is hired from 

the Railways (Engine), the applicable charges as given 

the attached annexure will be taken from the 

contractor. Contractor vehicle should be compatible

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such fuel provided to Railways will be adjusted 

in the hiring charges. Contractor vehicle should 

be compatible such that it can be coupled with 

railways motive power. 


Payments of a tested length will be done only after 

results of vehicular testing have been found 

acceptable after detailed test check of the stretch as 

defined in the specifications. Test check on the 

length of work d o n e will be done by the Railway 

Engineer-in-Charge as per the detailed procedure 

outlined in the attached specifications. Vehicular 

USFD Machine will not be allowed to do further 

testing unless the test check of previously tested 

locations have been completed in all respect. The 

decision of the Engineer-in-Charge shall be the 

final in this regard. As far as possible test check is 

to be carried out within a fortnight. The % of 

under-reporting/over-reporting etc will be calculated 

as per the results obtained in the detailed test 

check for the complete 10 Km stretch of detailed 

testing. This 10 Km stretch will not be continuous 

but segments of at least 01 Km each , tested on 

different dates a t d i f f e r e n t l o c a t i o n s so that 

test check is highly representative of general 

machine working during that period. In case 

under-reporting/over-reporting exceeds the limits 

given in the vehicular USFD specifications, a 

penalty of Rs 5000 per such underreported/over-reported 

flaw will be levied. The 

whole length of such track (complete block for 

which representative length has been selected & 

test check is conducted) where results are doubtful 

will have to be tested again by the contractor 

without getting any extra payment for the same. 


Siding facilities for parking the Rail bound 

USFD vehicle will be provided in yards free of 

charge. However railway will provide such facility 

as per its operational needs and any shortage in the 

work will not be accepted on this account. 


The testing shall be carried out as per the track 

possession/ block time granted as per the 

operations feasibility. It is expected that due to 

operational reasons testing in one direction only 

(i.e. UP or DN) will be permitted at one time. 

However if due to operational reasons or other 

factors attributable purely to railways, necessary 

path /block for testing is not given and as a result 

progress of testing is reduced and the contractor’s 

resources (i.e. Machine / Manpower) are idled , 

then Railway will reimburse idling charges such 

that the contractor is paid an amount as per the 

rates offered by agency such that the actual testing 

Km plus the idling charges Km are not less than 

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such that it can be coupled with railways motive power. 


Payments of a tested length will be done only after 

results of vehicular testing have been found acceptable 

after detailed test check of the stretch as defined in the 

specifications. Test check on the length of work d o n e 

will be done by the Railway Engineer-in-Charge as 

per the detailed procedure outlined in the attached 

specifications. Vehicular USFD Machine will not be 

allowed to do further testing unless the test check of 

previously tested locations have been completed in all 

respect. The decision of the Engineer-in-Charge shall 

be the final in this regard. As far as possible test check 

is to be carried out within a fortnight. Efforts will be 

made to ensure that the machine does not idle for the 

want of test checks. The % of under-reporting/overreporting 

etc will be calculated as per the results 

obtained in the detailed test check for the complete 10 

Km stretch of detailed testing. This 10 Km stretch will 

not be continuous but segments of at least 01 Km each 

, tested on different dates at different locations 

so that test check is highly representative of general 

machine working during that period. In case underreporting/over-reporting 

exceeds the limits given in the 

vehicular USFD specifications, a penalty of Rs 5000 

per such under-reported/over-reported flaw will be 

levied. The whole length of such track (complete block 

for which representative length has been selected & 

test check is conducted) where results are doubtful will 

have to be tested again by the contractor without getting 

any extra payment for the same. 


Siding facilities for parking the USFD vehicle will be 

provided in yards free of charge. However railway will 

provide such facility as per its operational needs and any 

shortage in the work will not be accepted on this 

account. 


The testing shall be carried out as per the track 

possession/ block time granted as per the operations 

feasibility. It is expected that due to operational 

reasons testing in one direction only (i.e. UP or DN) 

will be permitted at one time. However if due to 

operational reasons or other factors attributable 

purely to railways, necessary path /block for testing 

is not given and as a result progress of testing is 

reduced and the contractor’s resources (i.e. Machine 

/ Manpower) are idled , then Railway will reimburse 

idling charges such that the contractor is paid an 

amount as per the rates offered by agency such that 

the actual testing Km plus the idling charges Km are 

not less than 1500 TKM per quarter provided

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1500 TKM per quarter provided vehicular 

system was available during the complete period 

in each shift as detailed in further paras. These 

idling charges will be calculated per quarter i.e 03 

months period. If the agency fails to offer / provide 

the testing system as per the stipulated number of 

working days per month then for each failure day or 

part thereof a reduction of 30 TKM will be made 

from the upper limit of 1500 TKM/per quarter while 

deciding the idling charges. However, if the 

tenderer is able to achieve a progress of 2500 km 

per month than no penalty will be levied on the 

tenderer for not making the testing vehicle 

available on any day during the quarter. 

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Special Conditions of Contract 

1 st para of 

vehicular system was available during the complete 

period in each shift as detailed in further paras. These 

idling charges will be calculated per quarter i.e 03 

months period. However the amount of 

reimbursement of idling charges during the currency 

of contract will not exceed 5% of the total value of 

contract. If the agency fails to offer / provide the 

testing system as per the stipulated number of working 

days per month then for each failure day or part thereof 

a reduction of 30 TKM will be made from the upper 

limit of 1500 TKM/per quarter while deciding the 

idling charges. However, if the tenderer is able to 

achieve a progress of 2500 km per month than no 

penalty will be levied on the tenderer for not making 

the testing vehicle available on any day during the 

quarter. 


1 st para of 

TESTING SCHEDULE: 


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For the purpose of this clause, a calendar 

year of 12 months shall be divided into four 

‘quarters’ of 03 months each. It is expected that 

an average USFD vehicle shall have the potential 

of testing at least 150 Kms of track length per day 

in 10 hour shift. The supplier shall ensure 

availability of the testing car for the required no. 

of the days so as not to exceed non-working days 

by 05 days in every month period including the 

scheduled maintenance days. 


2 nd para of 


A working day shall consist of 10 working 

hours i.e. from 08:00 AM to 06:00 PM, which 

shall include maximum one hour at the 

beginning of the shift for pre testing attention, 

calibration etc. and another hour at the end of 

the shift for post testing attention. Therefore, in 

the working shift of ten hours, the USFD vehicle 

shall be available in ready condition for actual 

testing for a minimum period of Eight hours. If 

the shift needs to be changed by agency due to 

any planned work the same needs to be 

communicated in writing to authorized 

representative of Railways at least 48 hours 

in advance so that railway resources i.e. 

UTV/Engine, crew/other manpower is deployed 

elsewhere. 

Required daily schedule of vehicle maintenance 

to be done by the agency as per above timings. 


In case of self propelled vehicle or where motive 

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For the purpose of this clause, a calendar year of 

12 months shall be divided into four ‘quarters’ of 03 

months each. It is expected that an average USFD 

vehicle shall have the potential of testing at least 150 

Kms of track length per day in 10 hour shift. The 

supplier shall ensure availability of the testing car for 

minimum five days in a week. Schedule maintenance 

will be done during non-working days of the week only. 


2 nd para of 


A working day shall consist of 10 working hours 

i.e. from 08:00 AM to 06:00 PM, which shall 

include maximum one hour at the beginning of the 

shift for pre testing attention, calibration etc. and 

another hour at the end of the shift for post testing 

attention. Therefore, in the working shift of ten 

hours, the USFD vehicle shall be available in ready 

condition for actual testing for a minimum period of 

Eight hours. If the shift needs to be changed by 

agency due to any planned work the same needs to 

be communicated in writing to authorized 

representative of Railways at least 48 hours in 

advance so that railway resources i.e.Engine, 

crew/other manpower is deployed elsewhere. 

Required daily schedule of vehicle maintenance to be 

done by the agency as per above timings. 


In case of self propelled vehicle or where motive

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power is arranged by the contractor himself, the 

vehicle shall be driven by t h e crew provided b y 

Indian Railways who will take care of 

provisions of working time-table, Railway signals, 

safety rules to ensure safe operation of the USFD 

vehicle on the highly busy Group A route of 

Indian Railway. 

The cost of such pilot driver/crew will be 

recovered from the Contractor based upon the 

employee’s average cash monthly emoluments 

depending upon the number of days he has been 

deployed with contractor’s vehicle. For 25 days 

deployment in a month the cost may range 

around Rs 40000/- (Rupees Forty thousand) per 

month. However this figure is only an indication 

to provide a general idea and exact cost will vary 

as per the seniority, grade of Railway driver 

and other related factors. Where Railways is 

providing the motive power, the all inclusive cost 

of motive power hiring will be charged on per 

Engine hour basis as detailed separately and no 

additional driver cost will be recovered from 

contractor. 

The services of the guard, if provided, as per railway 

rules shall be recovered from the contractor based on 

No. of days, his services are utilized. 

Annexure-1/B to Chapter - II 


Sub:Hiring Charges of track machines UTV) to be 

used as motive power for vehicular USFD of 

track. 

Average Hiring charges shall be Rs 5018/- per 

Engine Hour /Machine. 

Note: Actual Engine hour will be taken as per the 

period the engine of UTV will be operative. 

This includes:- 

1.Time required for entering into block section 

after start of engine. 

2.Waiting for the path while engine of UTV is in 

operation. 

3.Shunting required at the station. 

4.Actual running time for attachment/ detachment 

of test car. 

A separate log book shall be maintained clearly 

indicating the Engine hours of UTV machines 

utilized for the said purpose to work out the hire 

charges. 

Dy.CE/TMC/Lineeer/TMC /Line 

Authority: - Dy CE/TMC/Line’s letter dated 

22.04.2010 

Note: 

(i) All efforts shall be made by the railways to 

ensure working of UTV machines. However in 

case UTV machine becomes out of order and 

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power is arranged by the contractor himself, the 

vehicle shall be driven by t h e crew provided b y 

Indian Railways who will take care of 

provisions of working time-table, Railway signals, 

safety rules to ensure safe operation of the USFD 

vehicle on the highly busy Group A route of Indian 

Railway. 

The cost of such pilot driver/crew will be recovered 

from the Contractor based upon the employee’s 

average cash monthly emoluments depending upon 

the number of days he has been deployed with 

contractor’s vehicle. For deployment of driver, the 

cost shall be recovered on actual basis. Where 

Railways is providing the motive power, the all 

inclusive cost of motive power hiring will be charged 

on per Engine hour basis as detailed separately and no 

additional driver cost will be recovered from contractor. 

The charges for the services of the guard, if provided, as 

per railway rules shall be recovered from the contractor 

on actual basis. 

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19. 

Page 

67, 68 

& 69 of 

96 

requires maintenance/replacement by other 

UTV machine then Railways liability will be 

limited to the extent of giving idling charges as 

prescribed in relevant paras of this tender 

document. 

(ii)Although the above hiring charges include the 

cost of the fuel i.e. diesel, but the complete 

requirement of the diesel /fuel will be 

arranged by the contractor himself as per 

the requirement /operation of the Vehicular 

USFD machine. The cost of such fuel arranged 

by the contractor and used in the operation of 

vehicular USFD machine will be deducted / 

adjusted while levying the above hiring charges. 

Specification Annexure 3 to Chapter III 

Drawings on page 67, 68, 69 of 96 


Revised Drawings on page 67, 68, 69 of 96 have been 

enclosed. 

20. 

Page 77 

of 96 

5.2.2.3 Scanned Area: 

Fig. 2 under above para 


Fig. 2 under above para have been enclosed 

Page 77 of 96 


The testing system shall be capable to detect the defects originating within the 

cross-sectional area, of the weld shown as hatched in Fig.2 below: 

Scanned Area by 0 0 Probe 

Scanned Area of head by 70 0 Probe Scanned Area of foot by 70 0 Probe 

(Hand Probing) 

Fig.2 Cross Sectional Area of the Welds Covered by USFD Testing 

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Page 67, 68, 69 of 96 


Calibration Track Containing Artificial Defects 

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Annexure-1/C to chapter - II 

Sections between New Delhi to Mughalsarai and New Delhi to Ratlam to be covered for 

ultrasonic testing of Rails/Welds using vehicular system and their present GMT (GMT is 

revised every year). 

S.N. 

Section 

NEW DELHI - RATLAM 


FROM 

TO 

Lengh 

of 

Section 

in Kms 

Lengh 

of 

Section 

in Kms 

GMT 

DN UP DN UP 

1 New Delhi - Tilak Bridge 1537.66 1535.04 2.62 2.62 40.67 42.48 

2 Tilak Bridge - H. Nizamuddin 1535.04 1530.41 4.63 4.63 21.17 26.53 

3 H. Nizamuddin - Okhla 1530.41 1526.75 3.66 3.66 21.17 26.53 

4 Okhla - Tughlakabad 1526.75 1519.90 6.85 6.85 53.83 53.07 

5 Tughlakabad - Palwal 1519.90 1480.04 39.86 39.86 62.20 59.00 

NORTH CENTRAL RAIWAY 

6 Mathura -Palwal 1397.06 1479.40 82.34 82.34 63.12 95.78 

WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY 

1243.00 1244.20 1.20 1.20 

7 Bayana - Mathura 1169.54 1243.00 73.46 73.46 30.12 28.94 

8 Gangapur City - Bayana 1092.32 1169.54 77.22 77.22 41.29 32.15 

9 Bayana - Kota 920.95 1092.32 171.37 171.37 40.99 30.91 

10 Nagda-Kota 698.22 920.95 222.73 222.73 39.79 33.33 

WESTERN RAILWAY 

11 Ratlam-Nagda 654.62 695.97 41.35 41.35 72.73 77.95 

S.N. 

Section 

NEW DELHI - MUGHALSARAI 


FROM 

TO 

Lengh 

of 

Section 

in Kms 

Lengh 

of 

Section 

in Kms 

GMT 

DN UP DN UP 

1 New Delhi - Tilak Bridge 1537.66 1532.00 5.66 5.66 40.67 42.48 

2 Tilak Bridge - Sahibabad 0.00 13.16 13.16 13.16 24.49 24.02 

3 Sahibabad - Ghaziabad 13.16 19.88 6.72 6.72 90.56 105.34 

NORTH CENTRAL RAIWAY 

4 Ghaziabad - Tundla 1428.50 1248.51 179.99 179.99 51.99 73.77 

5 Tundla - Kanpur 1248.51 1019.75 228.76 228.76 57.67 76.08 

6 Kanpur - Allahabad 1019.75 825.54 194.21 194.21 47.38 72.41 

7 Allahabad - Mughalsarai 825.54 677.28 148.26 148.26 57.63 82.93 

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