Invitation for Bids

5 April 2006
Loan No. 1981-IND: Railway Sector Improvement Project
Contract No: RVNL/Sleeper Procurement/3 of 2006

1. India has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Railway Sector Improvement Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the contract for manufacture and supply of PSC Monoblock Sleepers.

2. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the supply of PSC Monoblock sleepers, for broad Gauge (1673 mm) conforming to RDSO Drawing No. T-2496 for 60 kg. UIC rail and Indian Railway Specifications No. T-39-85 (Third Revision, May 96), for the following Lots:

Lot No. No. of PSC Sleepers
03020601 55000
03020602 65000
03020603 78000
03020604 67000
03020605 85000
03020606 70000
03020607 90000
03020608 60000
03020609 50000
030206010 100000
030206011 83000
030206012 75000
030206013 78500
030206014 27500
030206015 80000

3. International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single-Stage: Two-Envelope Bidding Procedure for Procurement of Goods and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited and inspect Bidding Document at the address given below from 10.00 hours to 15.00 hours on any working day.

5. The Bidding Document, in the English language, may be purchased by interested Bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of nonrefundable fee of INR 9000 or US$ 200. The method of payment shall be in the form of demand draft only, drawn in favour of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. and payable in New Delhi. If the documents are desired by post, an additional sum of INR 500 for dispatch of the documents anywhere in India or US$ 100 for dispatch of documents outside India should be sent. The document will be sent by the courier service. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 13.00 hours on 25 May 2006. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security as given in the Table below.

Lot No. Bid Security
03020601 INR600 Thousand or US$13 Thousand
03020602 INR700 Thousand or US$16 Thousand
03020603 INR840 Thousand or US$19 Thousand
03020604 INR720 Thousand or US$16 Thousand
03020605 INR900 Thousand or US$20 Thousand
03020606 INR750 Thousand or US$17 Thousand
03020607 INR970 Thousand or US$22 Thousand
03020608 INR650 Thousand or US$14 Thousand
03020609 INR540 Thousand or US$12 Thousand
030206010 INR1080 Thousand or US$24 Thousand
030206011 INR900 Thousand or US$20 Thousand
030206012 INR810 Thousand or US$18 Thousand
030206013 INR850 Thousand or US$19 Thousand
030206014 INR300 Thousand or US$7 Thousand
030206015 INR870 Thousand or US$20 Thousand

< Late Bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders' representatives, who choose to attend at the address below at 13.30 hours on 25 May 2006.

A Pre-bid Meeting will be held on 28 April 2006 at the address given below to clarify the issues, if any, and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage. The queries in this regard may be sent to the Address below by 27 April 2006.

7. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited will not be responsible for costs or expenses incurred by Bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of Bids.

8. In the comparison of Bids, ADB's Domestic Preference Scheme will be applied in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the Instruction To Bidders.

General Manager (Projects) III
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
C-2/10, Safdarjung Development Area
Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi-110 016
Tel: +91 11 2660 2696
PABX: +91 11 2652 1695/1673/1756/1297
FAX: +91 11 2651 7217/2653 4083
Email: jsmahrok@rvnl.org

  


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