Indian Railways has floated the revised Tender of semi high speed 44 Vande Bharat trains sets.
The Tender is for -3 phase Propulsion, Control and other Equipment along with Bogies for Trains Sets.
Tender has been uploaded on www.ireps.gov.in
Pre bid meeting on 29.9.20
The Tender opening date is 17.11.20
The main features of the tender are as under:
I. Train sets shall be manufactured at ICF/Chennai, RCF/Kapurthala and MCF/Raebareli
II. It shall be local (indigenous) tender.
III. Two stage, reverse auction shall take place.
The revised Tender is In line with Government of India’s preference for Make In India policy, the minimum local content percentage has been revised to 75%. .
It is the first big tender under revised DPIIT norms of AtmaNirbhar Bharat. Having atleast 75 % domestic components .
This tender is now a Domestic Tender. Only the Companies registered in India can apply and will have to quote in Indian Rupee.
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