Western Railway Tender

The required prior work experience for the bidder includes providing details of similar works completed in the last 7 years. The bidder must have completed at least one similar work in the last 7 years, and for joint ventures, each member of the JV must fill in the details of eligible similar works separately. The details of eligible similar works include the name of the work, tender number, client's name, contract value, and completion status. A certificate from a competent authority is required to support this information. For subletting work, the subcontractor must have successfully completed at least one work similar to the work proposed for subcontract, costing not less than 35% of the value of the work to be sublet, in the last 5 years. No previous work experience of the subcontractor is required for subletting of work costing up to Rs 50 lakh. The bidder is required to have completed 3 similar works in the last 7 years. The value and percentage of similar works completed are not explicitly mentioned, except that the subcontractor's similar work must cost not less than 35% of the value of the work to be sublet. A substantially completed work, which means an ongoing work in which payment equal to or more than 90% of the present contract value has been made to the contractor, is also considered as prior work experience. The credential certificate for substantially completed work should have been issued not prior to 60 days of the date of invitation of the present tender. In case a work is started prior to 7 years but completed in the last 7 years, the completed work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. If a work is physically completed and a completion certificate is issued, but the final bill is pending, such work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. The amount of Rs. 20 crore is mentioned as the threshold value for tenders where bid capacity is also an eligibility criterion. The bidder's available bid capacity must be equal to or more than the total bid value of the present tender. The available bid capacity of the tenderer shall be calculated as [AxNx2]–0.33xNxB, where A is the maximum value of construction works executed and paid in any one of the previous three financial years or the current financial year, N is the number of years prescribed for completion of work, and B is the existing commitments and balance amount of ongoing works with the tenderer. The value of the final bill, including the PVC amount, shall be considered as the completion cost of work. In case the final bill is pending, only the total gross amount already paid, including the PVC amount, shall be considered as the completion cost of work. For newly formed partnership firms, the credentials of individual partners from previous proprietary firms or dissolved previous partnership firms shall be considered only to the extent of their share in the previous entity on the date of dissolution or split and their share in the newly formed partnership firm. Mentioned values include Rs 500 crore as the average annual turnover for public listed companies, Rs 50 lakh as the threshold for subletting work without requiring previous work experience of the subcontractor, and Rs 20 crore as the threshold value for tenders where bid capacity is also an eligibility criterion. Mentioned percentages include 35% for the subcontractor's similar work, 90% for substantially completed work, and 0.33 for the calculation of available bid capacity.