MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Central Office, Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan, Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai

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1 MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Central Office, Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan, Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai Traffic Department TEL. NO Website:-msrtc.maharashtra.gov.in FAX NO e-tender NOTICE e-tender Schedule Sr.No. Activity Performed Start Expiry by Date Time Date Time 1. Tender Department Release 2. Tender Bidders Download 3. Bid Preparation 4. Technical Department Bid Closing 5. Price Bid Closing 6. Bid Bidders Submission 7. Technical Department Bid Opeing 8. Price Bid Opeing Note: Pre bid meeting is scheduled on at at General Manager (Traffic)'s Chamber, M.S.R.T.C., Central Office, Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan,Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai Digitally signed & unconditional online tender is invited by the General Manager (Traffic), Central Office, Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan, Dr. Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai from the tenderer for the work as mentioned in: e Tender No. 04/ 2014 Name of Work HIRING OF NEW 30 FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 45 SEATS AND 5 MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 53 SEATS AS PER MSRTC SPECIFICATIONS EMD ( in rupees) 1,00,000/- PER BUS Bank guarantee ( in rupees) 10% Bank Guarantee of the Total Tender cost up to Rs. 3 Crores and for over and above 3 Crores 1% extra Bank Guarantee from any Nationalized Bank or Scheduled bank Tender Document Price including VAT 20,000/- Contract period 3 years + 1 year conditional 1. The complete bidding process will be online (E-Tendering) in two bid system. All the notifications & details terms & conditions regarding this tender notice, hereafter will be published online on website 2. Bidding documents can be loaded on the website 3. Bid must be accompanied with scan copies of demand draft for tender form fee & Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) from Nationalized / Scheduled bank payable at Mumbai & other required MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 1

2 documents. Bid shall be treated as invalid if the above scan copies are not submitted online along with the bid. The bidders are required to submit original demand draft in the name of "MSRTC Fund A/c" towards the payment of tender form fee & EMD on or before last date & time of online bid submission stage. Original DD submitted shall be the same as scanned copy submitted along with the bid. 4. Bids will be opened as per the schedule mentioned in e-tender time schedule at office of General Manager (Traffic), Central Office, Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan,Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai E-tenderer should submit original documents (those were uploaded during bid operation) for verification at the time of technical bid opening. 6. E-tenderer should submit information & scanned copies in PDF format in technical envelope as mentioned in technical offer. 7. E-tenderer should have valid class II / III digital signature certificate (DSC) obtained from certifying authority. 8. Guidelines to download the Tender Documents & Online submission of Bids can be downloaded from website help support: , support.gom@nextenders.com General Manager (Traffic) MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 2

3 MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Central Office, Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan, Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai Traffic Department TEL. NO Website:-msrtc.maharashtra.gov.in FAX NO DETAIL TENDER NOTICE Digitally signed & unconditional online tender is invited by the General Manager (Traffic), Central Office, Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan,Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai from the tenderer for the work as mentioned in, subsequent paragraph for appropriate categories of tenderers. 1. The bidder should upload scanned copy of undertaking duly notarized stating that his / there / her firm is not blacklisted in MSRTC / Government / Semi-Government institutions / Any STU on Rs. 100/- stamp paper in technical bid submission. 2. The tenders will be received online on above mentioned MSRTC E-tendering portal & will be opened as by General Manager (Traffic) on scheduled tender opening date. 3. The Competent Authority reserves the right to reject any or all the tender offers, without assigning any reason thereof. 4. The tenders shall be received online on above mentioned E-tendering portal in two envelope systems. 5. The Conditional tenders will be rejected. 6. Bidder should upload scanned attested photo copies of all documents on above mentioned E-tendering portal & produce in original at the time of technical bid opening. 7. The acceptance of tender will be intimated by or otherwise by the authority competent to accept the tender or by the higher authority of MSRTC to the tenderer /s, which shall be deemed to be & intimation of the tender given by the authority competent to accept the tender. 8. The amount of EMD shall be forfeited in case after his / her / there tender is accepted if the bidder fail / fails to complete the contract document & submitting bank gurantee within a specified time, that would be intimated in the Letter of Acceptance. 9. Decision of tender will vest with the Competent Authority who reserves the right of rejecting any or all the tenders without assigning any reason for doing so. 10. The tenders which are not accompanied by necessary information will be rejected without assigning any reason for doing so. 11. The tenderer whose tender is accepted will have to enter into a contract agreement with MSRTC & shall be required to pay the stamp duty for the execution of the contract agreement with MSRTC according to government of Maharashtra stamp Act. 12. No alteration in the form of tender, specification etc. will be permitted. 13. If there is an amendment in the tender, the same shall not be published in the newspaper & that will be published on MSRTC' s website The bidder should visit the site, prior to submission of tender & ascertain the local site condition, working restrictions, obstruction, terms & conditions in tender document. ====== MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 3

4 GENERAL CONDITIONS OF e-tender AND INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS. 1. GENERAL Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has been set up under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 (RTC Act, 1950) and jointly owned by the Government of Maharashtra and Government of India, Section 19 (2) of the RTC Act, 1950 empowers the MSRTC to generate revenue exploiting its resources and infrastructure. MSRTC intends to operate Air Conditioned buses in Maharashtra and other States. MSRTC invites tenders from the fleet owners having minimum 3 Air Conditioned buses. These hired A.C. buses will be run on Kms. basis. Fleet owner will have no right to collect any charges from the passengers. M.S.R.T. Corporation's Conductor of the bus alone shall collect all the fare and luggage charges. Neither the private Fleet Owner nor the driver shall have any claim on the fare and luggage charges or any amount so collected. 2. EXTENT OF TENDER : The Tender called for herein is for hiring of HIRING OF NEW 30 FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 45 SEATS AND 5 MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 53 SEATS AS PER MSRTC SPECIFICATIONS on Kms. basis as follows. Type of A.C.Bus NEW 30 FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 45 SEATS AS PER MSRTC SPECIFICATIONS No.of buses to be provided 35 Air Conditioned buses for 341 assured days per year. Approximate Kms/day and Above Type of A.C.Bus NEW 5 MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 53 SEATS AS PER MSRTC SPECIFICATIONS No.of buses to be provided 35 Air Conditioned buses for 341 assured days per year. Approximate Kms/day and Above The fleet owner will have to operate those buses on the terms and conditions mentioned in this tender document and further subject to the general conditions of contract annexed hereto. 3. OFFERS FROM THE FLEET OWNER: The fleet owner who desires to provide minimum 3 new Air Conditioned buses (Registered in the year 2014) has to offer their online quotations for the rates of Kms. The period of contract will be for 3 years and extendable for one year if the performance of buses is satisfactory during initial period. 4. BANK GUARANTEE: The Fleet Owner will have to furnish 10% Bank Guarantee of the Tender cost up to Rs. 3 Crores and over and above 3 Crores 1% extra Bank Guarantee from any Nationalized Bank or Scheduled bank for contractual period and Six Months before the commencement of the contract. The fleet owner may pay cash of the same amount instead of bank guarantee. MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 4

5 i) The Bank guarantee will not be accepted in any other form, No interest shall be paid on the cash payment against bank guarantee. ii) The Bank guarantee shall be refunded to the Licensee after 6 months on the expiry of the said or extended deed period. iii) The Bank guarantee either in whole or in part thereof shall be liable to be forfeited without prejudice to the Licensor in the event of the Licensee's failure to observe any of the terms of the deed and or non-compliance with the conditions hereof. 5. EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT i) Every tender for HIRING OF NEW 30 FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 45 SEATS AND 5 MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 53 SEATS AS PER MSRTC SPECIFICATIONS be accompanied by the Earnest Money Deposit of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees. One lac only) per bus. This deposit amount should be paid by a Demand draft drawn on any Nationalized / Scheduled Bank in the name of "MSRTC Fund Account" payable at Mumbai, by the tenderer in Accounts Department, 2nd Floor, Central Office, M.V. Bhavan, Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai Central, Mumbai between to 2.30 p.m. (on working days) on or before last date & time of online bid submission stage. Technical bid must be accompanied with scanned copy of demand draft for tender form fee & Earnest Money Deposit. Bid shall be treated as invalid if the above scanned copies are not submitted online along with the bid. Orignal DD submitted shall be the same as scanned copy submitted along with the bid. ii) The tender without payment of Earnest Money Deposit will be rejected. iii) iv) No interest shall be paid on Earnest Money Deposit. The Earnest Money Deposit by the unsuccessful tenders(s) will be refunded as soon as possible. The unsuccessful tenderer(s) will have to surrender to the Financial & Chief Accounts Officer of the Corporation, the original receipt of the Earnest Money Deposit for getting its refund. v) The Earnest Money Deposit of the successful tender(s) will be refunded/ adjusted alongwith Bank gurantee. vi) If any times, it is discovered that Tenderer has submitted more than one tender under different name, all such tender (s) will be rejected / agreement cancelled / Earnest Money Deposit or Bank Gurantee will be forefeited. The tenderer would also be black listed and debarred from participating in future tenders. 6. QUOTATION: Quotation must be submitted online in TWO separate online envelopes called "TECHNICAL" and "FINANCIAL" envelopes in scheduled time Eligibility conditions:- Following document should be uploaded in Online Technical Envelope (T1) in PDF format, if required can be zipped as well and then uploaded. These documents need to be digitally signed by individual contractor's digital signature and uploaded during Online Bid Preparation stage. The list of documents for Technical Envelope is as follows : Sr.No. List of Documents Compulsory / Additional 1. Scanned Copy of DD of payment for Earnest Money Deposit Compulsory 2. Scanned Copy of DD of payment for Tender document fee Compulsory 3. Experience certificate of minimum last two years operation of A.C. buses and having fleet of 03 A.C. buses. MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 5 Compulsory 4. Consent letter of bank to provide finance for purchase of A.C. buses in tender Compulsory 5. Certified copy of profit & loss account and balance sheet of last 2 years certified by the Chartered Accountant. (i.e , ) 6. Income tax returns and professional tax and Service tax returns for last 2 years. (i.e , ) Compulsory Compulsory 7. Reference of Bankers Compulsory 8. Letter from Bus Manufacturer that they are ready to give delivery of the buses within stipulated period. 9. The bidder should upload scanned copy of undertaking duly notarized stating that his / there / her firm is not blacklisted in MSRTC / Government / Semi- Government institutions / Any STU on Rs. 100/- stamp paper in technical bid Additional Compulsory

6 submission. 10. Certified copy of the latest list of Partners / Directors/proprietor Compulsory 11. Scanned copy of Annexure (D) on letter head Compulsory 12 Other information if any Additional 7. (1) The Technical bid will be opened first. The technical bid so opened. shall be evaluated and whether the same is acceptable or not will be decided by General Manager (Traffic), whose decision will be final. (2) The financial bid of only those bidders, whose technical bids have been found acceptable shall be opened. (3) The Earnest Money Deposit of the bidders, whose technical bid is not found acceptable, shall be refunded on production of Earnest Money Deposit receipt in original 8. SIGNATURE OF TENDERER The Online submission of bids by tenderer shall be construed as an acknowledgement on his part, that he has acquired all the information which he may require in order to quote his offer of Guaranteed Revenue. Further, the online submission of bids of the successful tenderer shall be construed as if the tenderer has entered into a binding agreement with the Corporation till he signs the contract / agreement document and he will abide by all conditions of the contract. 9. CONTRACT PERIOD & ITS COMMENCEMENT a) The period of contract will be of 3 years, to be extended observing the performance of the buses by one year. b) The Fleet Owner will have to execute Hire Agreement of buses in favour of the General Manager (Traffic), M. S.R. T. Corporation. The buses will be hired initially for a period of 3 years with assured business of 341 days per year renewable for one more year based on the performance and experience of the operator at the sole discretion of the Corporation. The Corporation reserves its right to reject at any time any or all the tenders without assigning any reason thereof. Any attempt to contract anyone regarding matters relating awarding of the contract will disqualify the tenderer. 10) A) ACCEPTANCE OF TENDER The acceptance of Tender will rest with the Corporation which does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender or reserves to itself the authority to accept, vary, modify, negotiate and/or reject at any time any or all the tender received at its sole discretion without giving any reason thereof. The Corporation will also have the sole discretion to accept any offer even of a lesser amount. Any attempt to contact any one regarding matters relating to awarding the contract will disqualify the Tenderer. No alteration shall be made by the Successful tenderer in the contract and if so made, his tender will be disqualified. The conditional Tender shall be rejected. B) CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCEPTANCE OF TENDER The acceptance of the tender shall be governed by the general terms & conditions of the contract and conditions of contract annexed hereto. In additions following conditions shall also be taken into consideration while deciding acceptance of tender. a) The fleet owner must provide minimum 03 New Air Conditioned buses as per MSRTC specification. b) The fleet owner must provide the New Air Conditioned buses within 45 days after issue of letter of acceptance failing which the penalty of Rs.5000/- (Five Thousand only) per bus per day will be recovered from the tenderer. c) The Tenderer should submit a letter from Bus Manufacturer that they are ready to give delivery of the buses within stipulated period. d) Tenderer should supply minimum 3 New Air Conditioned buses as per MSRTC specification. However, depending on number of participants found to be eligible, and subject to their willingness to match with the lowest bid, the allocation of buses will be made on pro-rata basis. e) The fleet owner shall produce bank certificate that the bank will provide the finance to the fleet owner for the purchase of these buses. f) Fleet owner must have experience of Minimum 2 years of operation of A.C. buses having fleet of minimum 03 A.C.buses. g) Reference of Bankers h) Certified copy of profit & loss account of last 2 years by the Chartered Accountant. (i.e , ) i) Balance sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant for last 2 years. (i.e , ) MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 6

7 j) Income Tax returns and profesional tax and Service tax returns for 2 years. (i.e , ) k) Certified copy of the latest list of Partners / Directors. 11) All the tender forms that are opened will be scrutinized on the basis of documents and information furnished by Tenderers along with the tender document. The MSRTC may obtain clarifications whatever required and tenderers will ablde to clarify the same within stipulated time. 12) IDENTICAL RATES : In case more than one tenderer(s) have quoted the identical rates, the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the Licensor will have the discretion to assign the License to any tenderers. 13) A tender not in compliance with the aforesaid conditions will be rejected. 14) LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION Online submission should be submitted as per the given schedule. 15. VALIDITY OF OFFER The offers submitted shall remain valid for a period of 90 days from the date of opening of e-tender, if necessary, the Corporation may seek further extension to which the tenderer(s) are expected to agree. 16. (A) OPENING OF e-tenders Opening of e- Tender will be done as per the given schedule. (B) All the e-tender forms that are opened will be scrutinized on the basis of documents and information furnished by Tenderers in Online Technical Bid. The MSRTC may obtain clarification whatever required and tenderers will abide to clarify the same within stipulated time. 17. OPENING OF FINANCIAL BID The financial bid of only those bidders whose technical bids are found acceptable shall be opened as per the given schedule. 18. The Vice Chairman and Managing Director, M.S.R.T. Corporation reserves the right to accept, modify and reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason and the decision of the VC&MD shall be final and binding on the tenderer in case of any dispute on the terms & conditions. ========== MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 7

8 GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 1. SCOPE OF CONTRACT : The Tender for hiring of NEW 30 FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 45 SEATS AND 5 MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 53 SEATS AS PER MSRTC SPECIFICATIONS owned by the fleet owner. 2. SPECIFICATIONS OF AIR CONDFITIONED BUSES: a. NEW 30 FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 45 SEATS AND 5 MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 53 SEATS As mentioned AT Annexure A, Annexure B. b. The Fleet Owner must provide NEW 30 FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 45 SEATS AND 5 MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, AIR CONDITIONED, HIGH TECH, INTEGRAL BUSES OF 53 SEATS and these buses must comply with the specifications of the corporation and with latest emission standards. 3. CONTRACT AND CONTRACT PERIOD The contract will be in the manner explained herein after on the payment of Kms. Basis operated by hired Air Conditioned buses. This contract is operative for a period of 3 years initially with assured 341 days per year, renewable for one more year based on the performance of the buses. 4. The selected tenderer will have to enter into a written agreement with General Manager(Traffic) of the Corporation within 30 days from the date of Acceptance letter, failing which it shall be construed as if the tenderer has entered into a binding agreement with the Corporation. 5. STAMP DUTY AND HIRE AGREEMENT DEED The Fleet Owner will have to bear the cost of Stamp Duty, Registration charges, any other charges / fees payable for execution of this deed / agreement. Three copies ( Registered original copy ) be submitted to M.S.R.T.Corporation. 6. i) In case the Fleet Owner fails to make the bus available, the Corporation shall leavy a penalty of Rs.5,000/- per day. If fleet owner intimates Corporation non availibility of bus before three hours of a second scheduled trip a penalty of Rs.2500/- will be levied, failing to intimate not before 3 hours of second scheduled trip a penalty of Rs.5000/- will be levied and same will be recovered from the charges payhable to the Fleet Owner. ii) The Fleet Owner has to operate the bus on the route allotted only. iii) The Fleet Owner shall not allow operation of any other bus owned by him/ her or belonging to his / her family members illegally on the notified routes infringing the monopoly of the Corporation and in case of violation, he / she is liable for action which includes termination of the agreement. iv) The Corporation reserves the right to allot any route to the Fleet Owner v) The Fleet Owner will have to execute an agreement with the Corporation at his own cost. vi) The Corporation shall have a right to hire buses from any other Fleet Owner. Vii) The Vice Chairman & Managing Director,M.S.R.T.Corporation is authorised to modify or delete or add any terms & conditions of the agreement. viii) Any dispute or litigation arising out of or in connection with the terms and conditions of this contract, including any suit to enforce the right of other party under or in respect of this contract shall be instituted and exclusively triable by the Courts of Comp[etent Ordinary Jurisdiction within Mumbai Notwitstanding that part of the course of action may have aarisen outside the jurisdiction of such Courts. 7. The Licensee shall not assign, sublet or undertake or transfer the right granted under this deed to any person. 8. Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this agreement or part thereof shall be referred to the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Licensor whose decision shall be final and binding on both the parties. However this will not be treated as Arbitration under the provisions of Arbitration and Conciliation Act MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 8

9 9. KMS.PER BUS PER DAY I) The hired buses will be operated approximately 450 kms. Per day on monthly average basis not withstanding whatever mentioned in the earlier part of agreement. II) Incase of brakedown of Air Conditioned bus in other depot having Air Conditioned operation the duly repaired said brake down Air Conditioned bus can be used if necessary by other depot by fueling necessary diesel and ther charges of Kms. will be born by operating depot. 10. The Fleet onwer will be provided diesel by MSRTC on the basis of 3.15 Kms. per Ltr for 45 seater A/C buses for plain roads and 2.68 Kms. per Ltr for hilly and city area or as per actual kms. per Ltr. of diesel whichever is higher for effective kms. of the schedule. The Fleet onwer will be provided diesel by MSRTC on the basis of 2.70 Kms. per Ltr for 53 seater Multi Axle A/C buses. The higher ratio amongst the two will be considered for issueing diesel. If this ratio is below than kmpl fixed, then the cost of additional diesel will be born by the fleet owner. 11. PROVISION OF CONDUCTOR The M.S.R.T.Corporation will provide conductor wherever the services of conductor are necessary for booking and he will be provided with tickets and other conductor's required equipments. Incase of conductorless operation, traffic controller / conductor will be provided for collection of fare and luggage charges. Neither the fleet owner nor his driver shall have any claim on fare and luggage charges or any amount charged to the passenger. 12. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FLEET OWNER (i) The fleet Owner has to provide the bus with driver possessing vaild driving licence with P.S.V. badge and Certificate of medical fitness from the competent authority. The driver shall follow the instructions of the authorities of the M.S.R.T.Corporation. The driver will have to undergo training and test of driving. If necessary, the driver should undergo medical examination by Medical Officer of the Corporation. Only successful driver will be deployed on the buses to be given to Corporation on hire basis. Expenditure of the training to be given by M.S.R.T.Corporation of the driver will have to be borne by the Fleet Owner. The driver must fulfil the norms for driving prescribed by M.S.S.R.T.Corporation. (ii) It will be the responsibilty of Fleet Owner to ensure that the driver maintains close co-ordination with the conductor, provide facilities to the passengers and ensure that the passengers are not put to any incovenience. The driver shall have polite behaviour with public and passengers, and also with the M.S.R.T.Corporation staff. (iii) The Fleet Owner shall not employ a person as a driver for operating a bus on hire basis who has been removed or dismissed or retired on superannuation from the services of M.S.R.T. Corporation or any other Public Undertaking. Also, the driver must be of the age less than 58 years. (iv) The Fleet Owner shall provide uniform to the driver as prescribed by M.S.R.T. Corporation. The driver shall also be provided with an identity card with photo attested by the Fleet Owner and M.S.R.T. Corporation. The Fleet Owner shall furnish photocopy of the driving licenses of the driver M.S.R.T. Corporation. (v) The Fleet Owner shall bear the cost of the driver including his wages, daily allowance and meet all other statutory obligations such as P.F., E.S.I., etc., Similarly hours of work as Motor Transport Worker's Act, 1961 and any other applicable laws in this respect. (vi) The driver shall scrupulously follow the Instructions issued by M.S.R.T. Corporation. As and When the M.S.R.T. Corporation finds behavior and conduct of the driver questionable, upon the notice, the Fleet Owner of hired buses shall replace such a driver within a period of 2 days of notice, thereafter, the bus assigned to that driver shall be liable to the discontinued without prior notice and no hire charges will be payable to Fleet Owner and Rs. 5,000/- per day as penalty, will be recovered from the Fleet Owner. (vii) The Fleet Owner shall keep the buses road worthy and clean as mentioned in Chapter-vii of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 and Rules made there under, from time to time. (viii) The Fleet Owner shall supply lubricants, oil, tyres & tubes, spare parts, etc. required for running of buses including maintenance of the buses at his own cost. Generally the Fleet Owner will be exempted from providing bus for operation on route on the ground of maintenance or repairs for two day in a month with advance intimation to the M.S.R.T.C. Two days maintenance facility can be availed in two full or four half days from Monday afternoon to Friday before noon. If there is a Public Holiday prefix and suffix to Saturday and Sunday, then this facility shall not be availed on Monday and Friday. However in case of emergency VOR after due inspection and examination by the Depot Manager concerned the above restriction of Friday afternoon to MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 9

10 Monday before noon can be waived. Also in case of major break down / major repairs the Vendor will be allowed a maximum of 7 days at one stretch. However the total maintenance and repairs days including major breakdown / major repairs shall not exceed 24 days in a year for one bus. However in case more than one bus private operator provided to the particular depot in such case the vehicle for maintenance days shall be cumulatively allowed. In case of Accident if more days than the permitted days in clause are required for repairs, the operator will arrange to provide substitute vehicle failing which penalty of Rs. 5000/- per day levied after the total permitted period of repairs in a year i.e. 24 days. However operator has liberty to utilize the days from cumulative maintained days of depot, if available. The Fleet Owner shall ensure that the vehicle/bus provided; always conforms to the emission norms prescribed as per the law and rules in force and the Fleet Owner shall take all the steps to ensure the same. (ix) The Fleet Owner has to ensure that the bus will not get break down due to diesel shortage while the bus is in operation for the whole day. The cumulative effective and dead cumulative Kms. of the total buses of sane make fleet of the operator for the month will be considered for calculation of Kilo Meter per liter of diesel for the depot. While transferring a bus from one depot to another depot diesel shall be provided as per the norm fixed of Kilo Meter per litter and Incase withdrawal of a bus from the operation diesel tank shall be topped up at the time of expiry/termination of contract as in case of vice versa of the agreement. (x) The Fleet Owner shall be responsible for damage or loss caused to the hired bus during the period of agitation, accident, etc. Under no circumstances M.S.R.T. Corporation should be made liable or responsible to any compensation to be awarded by Motor Accident Claim Tribunals or Courts. (xi) The Fleet Owner shall be duty bound for payment of Road Tax. The Passenger Tax, Toll Tax will be paid by M.S.R.T. Corporation. Any other taxes including Service tax and any other taxes made applicable in future relating to hired buses will be borne by the Fleet Owner. (xii) The Fleet Owner shall abide by all statutory provisions including those made under various labour enactments and defend the driver in Criminal and / or Civil Court in any Criminal / Civil liability arising out of any action of Court on the part of the driver except case of overloading (xiii) The Fleet Owner shall ensure the insurance of covering third party risk, passenger & other property damage including bus. The Insurance should be renewed in time. Under no circumstances M.S.R.T. Corporation be made liable or responsible to any compensation to be awarded by motor accident tribunal, tribunal or court. The Fleet Owner must ensure that the insurance policy is in force. Further, without prejudice to above, the Fleet Owner shall Indemnity the M.S.R.T. Corporation for all accident compensation claims if lodged against M.S.R.T. Corporation Non coverage of vehicle and third party comprehensive insurance entails in termination of agreement. The driver of the bus to which accident has occurred, should make necessary arrangements for hospitalization of the injured passengers. The Fleet Owner shall immediately attend the accident spot and complete all legal formalities along with hospitalization of the injured passengers or any other injured persons due to accident. The driver and the fleet owner should immediately contact to the nearest Depot Manager and report him about the incidence. The spot payment as an immediate relief to the injured or relatives of deceased S.T. passengers as per the M.S.R.T.C's procedure is made by the Fleet Owner. In case due to urgency if the payment is made by the Corporation, the same will be recovered from the Fleet Owner. All other claims including medical charges, payable under the Motor Vehicle Act/ Rules and accident claims, the Corporation shall under no circumstances be made liable or responsible to pay compensation that may be awarded by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal or Tribunal in respect of accidents. The free passes will be provided to the victims of the accidents by M.S.R.T. Corporation as per the current procedure. The fleet owner will have to submit the status report of the accident to the concerned Divisional Controller and to the General Manager (Traffic). The bus owner will be provided one day for major and fatal accident and next day for repairs, etc. for the purpose of levy of penalty, these days will not be counted for penalty. After these two days, he must provide a bus otherwise penalty of Rs. 5000/- per day will be charged. In case of minor accident / minor incidence not reported with police fleet owner would be allowed maximum one day for repairs of bus upon production of certificate from MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 10

11 AMC agency of the fleet owner. In case of accident, if more days than the permitted in clause are required, the operator will be allowed to replace the vehicle with other vehicle. (xiv) (xv) (xvi) (xvii) The Fleet Owner shall produce the vehicle for inspection at the time of deployment and also subsequently whenever required to the Mechanical Engineering Department of the M.S.R.T. Corporation. The hired vehicles will be parked at the respective depots at the risk of the Fleet owner provided space is available at the depot. Otherwise, the bus owner has to make his own arrangement for parking. In case of break down, the Fleet Owner will not be paid for the cancelled kms., of that particular day schedule. The refund paid to the passengers and Rs.10,000/- penalty will be levied for the cancelled kms. of the one breakdown of the day. However, he will be exempted from charging Rs. 5000/- for non-providing the bus for the day. However in case during the period of contract the operator for any reason desires to withdraw any particular vehicle, he has to provide substitute vehicle in order to maintain the exact number of vehicles. 14. CALCULATION OF KILOMETERS OF HIRED BUSES. (i) The M.S.R.T. Corporation shall pay hire charges for the actual effective kms. at the rate per kms. as per the agreement. (ii) Cancelled kms. on account of any reason beyond the control of M.S.R.T. Corporation shall be deducted from the guaranteed kilometers. (iii) The Fleet Owner shall make available the bus for minimum 16 hours a day, In case bus is not made available for minimum 16 steering hours a day, it will not be counted as a day for the purpose of reckoning the number of days operated in a month. (iv) Increase in route kms. due to enforcement of law and order shall not be reckoned for hire charges whereas M.S.R.T. Corporation has not changed its fare structure. However, such kms. will be considered for fuel only. 15. PAYMENT OF BILLS (i) Fortnightly bill for the payment of hire charges shall be prepared by the Fleet Owner and can be submitted to the concerned Divisional Controller of the Corporation on every 20th day of current month and bills for second fortnight can be submitted on every 5th day of succeeding month. (ii) The M.S.R.T. Corporation will make payment against the bills as far as possible within 10 days from the receipt of bills, provided they are in order. (iii) The payment of the bill will made by the concerned Divisional Office. 16. DISPUTES AND CLAIM (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) The Fleet Owner shall have no claims or right whatsoever on stage carriage permit which would be obtained by M.S.R.T. Corporation. No bus provided under the hire agreement to M.S.R.T. Corporation will be allowed to be sold/ownership changed without prior permission of MSRTC during the tenure of contract. In case it is established that a bus had been sold or the ownership changed without prior permission of MSRTC during this period, the payment for that period will not be made and the Bank Guarantee will stand forfeited. Under no circumstances a hired bus will be diverted by the Fleet Owner for the personal use or a gain of any other business during contract period. The M.S.R.T. Corporation shall not be under any obligation to make payment for damage / compensation or in the event, the scheme of the stage carriage as per the Gove. Notification No.MVA-3173/ XII-Adated 29th November 1973 is modified or withdrawn or abrupt termination or suspension of the hired bus in the event of legal order of the competent Court. In the event of any dispute or disagreement between the M.S.R.T. Corporation and Fleet Owner, regarding change in of terms & conditions of the agreements, penalties and fines, the decision given by the VC&MD, M.S.R.T. Corporation shall be binding on the Fleet Owner. 17. PENALTIES & FINES (i) The Fleet Owner shall be liable to pay penalties, fines whenever levied by M.S.R.T. Corporation. MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 11

12 (ii) (iii) The M.S.R.T. Corporation shall have the right to deduct the penalties or fine levied from the amount due to Fleet Owner either towards hire charges or by way of forfeiture of bank guarantee. Fleet Owner will be provided list of existing stops/ halts of the bus and he shall be liable to be fined incase of bus not stopping at authorized stop declared in original / revised list or vehicle stopped at unauthorized stopped. 18. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FLEET OWNER TOWARDS DRIVER AND BUS (i) The M.S.R.T. Corporation is empowered to specify the colour of the bus provided by the Fleet Owner after getting permission from the authorities concerned. The Fleet Owner thereon shall act accordingly. The M.S.R.T. Corporation shall have the right to display the advertisements on the hired buses and also will have sole right of accepting and collecting revenue in connection thereof. (ii) The Fleet Owner shall ensure M.S.R.T.C's monogram on sides of the bus. (iii) The Fleet Owner shall deposit photocopy of the R.C. book, Insurance Policy of bus with the M.S.R.T.Corporation duly exhibiting the copy of the R.C. book in the bus, under the safe custody of the driver in the bus while on duty. (iv) The Fleet Owner shall not transfer or otherwise alienate the vehicle during the period of agreement. (v) It shall be the sole responsibility of the private Fleet Owner of the vehicle to meet or discharge any liability arising out of violation of traffic rules & regulations and statutory regulations and all rules in force. (vi) It shall be the responsibility of the private Fleet Owner to produce at his own cost the driver of bus or both before the Court of law and before the Police Authorities whenever required in case of accident or any other contingencies or an order or direction by the Judicial or Executive Authorities. (vii) The M.S.R.T. Corporation is at liberty to install any mechanical / electronic or such other device on hired bus to check and ensure punctuality and regularity or to compute the kms. of operations or any other purpose. The Fleet Owner shall ensure the safety of such device and also ensure that those are not damaged or tampered. M.S.R.T. Corporation has the liberty to impose suitable penalty on the Fleet Owner if device is damaged / tampered to make the loss good. (viii) The total kms. operated in a day shall be certified as per kms. operated or the trip distance as per stage table whichever is less. For the purpose of calculation and certification of the total kms. performed on any day, the distance from point to point of such trip shall be based on the actual kms. Performed or the kms. as per the form iv of the schedule of M.S.R.T.C. whichever is less. (ix) The private Fleet Owner shall maintain a vehicle log book indicating date-wise operational particulars, which should be attested by the authorized officials of M.S.R.T. Corporation. (x) The private Fleet Owner shall not use any of the buses covered by this agreement to ply for any other purpose at any time during the period of agreement. 19. NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF CONTRACT : a) The M.S.R.T. Corporation shall be at liberty to terminate the agreement for the violation of the terms & conditions of the agreement and no compensation shall be paid by M.S. R. T. Corporation of such termination of the agreement. b) Either party can terminate the hire contract by issue of three month's notice without assigning any reason. c) If during the period the contract remains in force, General Manager (Traffic) has reason to be dissatisfied with the service or the manner of the implementation of contract and / or the representatives of the fleet owner, the General Manager (Traffic) may by notice in writing call upon the fleet owner to remove the cause of such dissatisfaction in the way to be indicated in the notice and if the fleet owner fails for a period of 30 days after receipt of such notice to remedy such causes of dissatisfaction to the satisfaction of the General Manager(Traffic) then notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement to the contrary the General Manager(Traffic) shall be at liberty by giving notice of 15 days to terminate the contract by en-cashing Bank Guarantee of the fleet owner. 20. Fleet owner shall take necessary permissions from concerned Govt. Authorities / Statutory bodies to run the Air Condition buses provided on hired basis. 21. Fleet owner shall take necessary permissions from Police Dept./concerned Govt. Authorities regarding Air, Sound Pollution etc. MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 12

13 22. The fleet owner shall furnish information that may be required by the Corporation from time to time connected with their business. 23. The fleet owner shall provide the hired buses with suggested colour scheme from the approval of the Transport Commissioner in the name of the General Manager (Traffic) for the contractual period =========== MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 13

14 ANNEXURE " A" SPECIFICATIONS FOR NEW 53 SEATER - AIR CONDITIONED, HI-TECH, MULTI AXLE, FULLY BUILT, INTEGRAL COACHES SR NO PARAMETER MSRTC REQUIREMENT 1 MINIMUM POWER-320 HP / 238 KW 2 FUEL- DIESEL 1 ENGINE. 3 LOCATION- REAR. 4 POLLUTION NORMS-BS III. 5 ELECTRONIC CONTROLL WITH ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 1 ODOMETER WITH TRIP COUNTER IN KMS. 2 ENGINE RPM METER. 3 FLASHING-SIDE INDICATOR AND SWITCH. 4 WARNING LAMP/BUZZER FOR LOW AIR PRESSURE. 2 5 WARNING LAMP/BUZZER ENGINE OIL LEVEL. INSTRUMENT 6 WARNING LAMP FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES. PANEL 7 AIR PRESSURE GAUGE. 8 TEMPERATURE GAUGE. 9 FUEL GAUGE. 10 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. 11 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DISPLAY. 3 TRANSMISSION 1 MINIMUM SIX FORWARD AND ONE REVERSE, SYNCHROMESH GEAR BOX WITH INBUILT HYDRODYNAMIC RETARDERS. 4 BRAKES 1 ALL WHEELS MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH BRAKES INCLUDING ABS AND PARKING. 5 STEERING 1 ADJUSTABLE, POWER ASSISTED STEERING MOUNTED ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BUS. 6 TYRES = 09 NO. OF TUBELESS RADIAL TYRES WITH RIM SIZE - 295/80-R FUEL STORAGE CAPACITY 24 VOLT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 MINIMUM 600 LTRS.WITH LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS. 1 MINIMUM-02 HEAD LIGHTS WITH HALOGEN BULBS. 2 FOG LAMPS- MINIMUM ROOF TOP INDICATORS AS PER CMVR PROVISION. REAR TAIL LAMPS CONSISTING OF PARKING, REVERSE INDICATORS & BRAKE 4 LAMPS. FOR INTERNAL CEILING - MINIMUM 06 NOS OF LAMPS CONCEALED WITH BLUE 5 NIGHT LAMPS. 6 READING LAMP ASSEMBLIES FOR INDIVIDUAL PASSENGER SEATS. CHARGING POINT - FOR ELECTRONIC TICKETING MACHINE (ETM) IN DRIVER 7 CABIN. CONCEALED TYPE SAFETY SOCKETS FOR EACH ROW OF PASSENGER SEATS 8 9 TO CHARGE MOBILE / LAPTOPS. BUS SHOULD BE FITTED WITH MASTER MULTIPLEX WIRING COMPATIBLE FOR AUXILLARY SYSTEMS LIKE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM (ITS), CCTV, WI-FI AND GPS SYSTEM. 10 LED DESTINATION BOARDS AS PER AIS : 052 PROVISION. 11 BRANDED MAINTENANCE FREE 2 BATTERIES- MINIMUM 180AH EACH. 12 STARTER. 13 ALTERNATOR. 14 INVERTER MINIMUM 800 KVA 15 BATTERY CUT-OFF / ISOLATION SWITCH SHOULD BE PROVIDED NEAR THE DRIVER SEAT. 1 DIMENSIONS OF BUS AS PER CMVR. IN MM 9 BUS BODY GLASSES. FULL AIR SUSPENSION 2 EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS PER AIS : 052. GALVANIZED STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURE WITH ANTI-CORROSIVE 3 PAINTING/TREATMENT. FRONT AND REAR PANELS SHOULD BE OF AESTHETICALLY DESIGNED WITH 4 AERODYNAMIC FEATURES. 5 INNER PANELS - LIGHT WEIGHT PVC LAMINATED. 6 ANTISKID PVC FLOORING TO BE PROVIDED IN THE BUS. BUS SHOULD BE PAINTED WITH PU PAINT AS PER COLOUR CHOICE /GRAPHICS 7 PROVIDED BY MSRTC. 8 BUS BODY SHOULD HAVE TYPE APPROVAL AS PER AIS SINGLE FRONT WINDSHIELD LAMINATED GLASS AS PER CMVR NORMS. FIXED TYPE WINDOW GLASSES SHOULD BE TINTED AND MEET CMVR/ BUS 2 BODY CODE NORMS. 1 IN BUILT BUS LIFTING MECHANISM. 2 TWO AIR BELLOWS IN FRONT AND FOUR IN REAR. ASSISTED WITH TELESCOPIC HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS IN FRONT AND 3 REAR. MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 14

15 12 13 AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM. RECLINING PASSENGER SEATS. 14 LUGGAGE RACKS ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM BUS SHOULD BE FITTED WITH MAINTAINANCE OF BUS MODEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH / CERTIFICATES GURANTEE / WARRANTY THE A.C. UNIT SHALL BE OF AERODYNAMICALLY FABRICATED WITH ROOF 1 MOUNTED EVAPORATOR AND CONDENSER. THE ELECTRO MECHANICAL CONTROL SHOULD BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE ON 2 DASHBOARD TO SET THE TEMPERATURE. A.C.DUCTING FACILITY SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH ROW OF PASSENGER 3 SEATS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BUS AND ALSO FOR DRIVER S CABIN. CAPACITY OF A.C. UNIT- 4 MINIMUM 32 KW. M/s HARITA MAKE ERGONOMICALLY DESIGNED AND TYPE APPROVED 1 RECLINING SEATS OF SIZE MINIMUM 470 X 470 MM. ARE TO BE PROVIDED IN THE PASSENGER SALOON WITH 2X2 CONFIGURATION. 2 THE HEAD REST OF EACH SEAT SHOULD BE REPLACEABLE AND WASHABLE. THE BACK OF EACH SEAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH MAGAZINE POUCH AND 3 WATER BOTTLE HOLDER. 4 PASSENGER SEATING CAPACITY 53. SAFETY SEAT BELTS ARE TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE FOREMOST FRONT ROW 5 OF SEATS AND THE MIDDLE SEAT OF REARMOST ROW OF FIVE SEATER. ADJUSTABLE DRIVER AND CO-DRIVER SEATS WITH SAFETY BELTS SHOULD BE 6 PROVIDED IN THE DRIVER S CABIN. DRIVER SEAT SHOULD BE TYPE APPROVED. AESTHETICALLY DESIGNED INTERIOR LUGGAGE RACKS LAMINATED WITH PVC 1 ARE TO BE PROVIDED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SALOON. THE INTERIOR LUGGAGE RACKS SHALL BE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT 2 THE LUGGAGE IS PREVENTED FROM FALLING IN THE EVENT OF SUDDEN BRAKING OR DUE TO FORCES GENERATED DURING CORNERING. LOCKABLE, DUST AND RATTLE FREE UNDER BOOT WITH SUFFICIENT LUGGAGE 3 SPACE SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH WARNING DEVICE. AUDIO PLAYER HAVING USB PORT WITH AMPLIFIER AND PUBLIC 1 ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM TO BE PROVIDED WITH SPEAKERS FOR EACH ROW OF PASSENGER SEAT ALONG WITH SWITCH AT INTERIOR LUGGAGE RACKS. 1 2 NOS. OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER - 5 KGS. EACH. 2 FIRST AID BOX. MINIMUMIMUM 2 NOS. OF ROOF HATCHES WITH SIZES AS PER AIS : REVERSING CAMERA. JACK& WHEEL SPANNER,TOMMY FOR LIFTING THE BUS TO CHANGE TYRE AND 5 TOOL KIT. AESTHETIC LOOK, DECORATIVE & GOOD QUALITY CURTAINS FOR ALL 6 WINDOWS 7 BLINDERS IN FRONT OF FOREMOST SEATS. WINDING TYPE FULL WIDTH SUN-BLIND FOR FRONT WINDSHIELD GLASS 8 SHOULD BE PROVIDED. 9 PASSENGER DOOR - PNEUMATIC SWING MOTION AND CONTROL. PVC HANDLES TO BE FITTED ON HATRACK FOR HOLDING THE PASSENGERS DURING BOARDING/ALIGHTING. MINIMUM 4 HANDLES ON EACH SIDE WITH 10 MINIMUM 25 MM DIA & 400 MM LONG.(IF SEATS ARE NOT PROVIDED WITH TWO HANDLES AT CORNER OF EACH SEAT) EXTERIOR REAR-VIEW MIRRORS TO GIVE LARGE ANGLE VISION AND TO 11 ELIMINATE FRONT END BLIND SPOTS- IT SHOULD BE EASILY ADJUSTABLE. 12 ELECTRONIC SPEED GOVERNOR AS PER CMVR SHOULD BE INSTALLED HAMMER SHOULD BE PROVIDED NEAR THE EMERGENCY WINDOW AT 13 SUITABLE LOCATIONS IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AS PER CMVR. MANUFACTURER SHOULD MAKE ALTRATIONS/MODIFICATIONS IF SUGGESTED 14 BY TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AT FOC BASIS. ALL THE OTHER MANDATORY ACCESSORIES AS PER CMVR SHALL BE 15 PROVIDED. 1 TOWING ARRANGEMENT TO BE PROVIDED. 2 ACCESSORIES/ ASSEMBLIES ARE EASILY MAINTAINABLE AND REPLACEABLE. 3 LIST OF MAINTAINANCE/SPECIAL TOOLS ETC IS TO BE PROVIDED. 1 CMVR REQUIREMENT/ AIS TYPE APPROVAL / CERTIFICATE BY ARAI / CIRT. 1 MANUFACTURER SHALL GIVE THE WARRANTY OF THE BUS FOR IT's STRUCTURE & CHASSIS AGGREGATES, MINIMUM 3 YEARS & 3 LAC KMs. WHICHEVER IS LATER MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 15

16 SR NO PARAMETER 1 ENGINE. 2 INSTRUMENT PANEL 3. TRANS-MISSION 1 4. BRAKES 1 5 STEERING 1 6 TYRES 1 7 FUEL STORAGE CAPACITY 8 24 VOLT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 9 BUS BODY GLASSES. FULL AIR SUSPENSION Annexure B SPECIFICATIONS FOR NEW 45 SEATER - AIR CONDITIONED, HI-TECH, FULLY BUILT, INTEGRAL COACHES MSRTC REQUIREMENT 1 MINIMUM POWER-290 HP / 216 KW 2 FUEL- DIESEL 3 LOCATION- REAR. 4 POLLUTION NORMS-BS III 5 ELECTRONIC CONTROLL WITH ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 1 ODOMETER WITH TRIP COUNTER IN KMS. 2 ENGINE RPM METER. 3 FLASHING-SIDE INDICATOR AND SWITCH. 4 WARNING LAMP/BUZZER FOR LOW AIR PRESSURE. 5 WARNING LAMP/BUZZER ENGINE OIL LEVEL. 6 WARNING LAMP FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES. 7 AIR PRESSURE GAUGE. 8 TEMPERATURE GAUGE. 9 FUEL GAUGE. 10 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. 11 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DISPLAY. MINIMUM SIX FORWARD AND ONE REVERSE, SYNCHROMESH GEAR BOX WITH INBUILT HYDRODYNAMIC RETARDERS. ALL WHEELS MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH BRAKES INCLUDING ABS AND PARKING. ADJUSTABLE, POWER ASSISTED STEERING MOUNTED ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BUS = 07 NO. OF TUBELESS RADIAL TYRES WITH RIM. SIZE - 295/80-R MINIMUM 400 LTRS.WITH LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS. 1 MINIMUM-02 HEAD LIGHTS WITH HALOGEN BULBS. 2 FOG LAMPS- MINIMUM ROOF TOP INDICATORS AS PER CMVR PROVISION. REAR TAIL LAMPS CONSISTING OF PARKING, REVERSE INDICATORS & 4 BRAKE LAMPS. FOR INTERNAL CEILING - MINIMUM 06 NOS OF LAMPS CONCEALED WITH 5 BLUE NIGHT LAMPS. 6 READING LAMP ASSEMBLIES FOR INDIVIDUAL PASSENGER SEATS. CHARGING POINT - FOR ELECTRONIC TICKETING MACHINE (ETM) IN DRIVER 7 CABIN. CONCEALED TYPE SAFETY SOCKETS FOR EACH ROW OF PASSENGER 8 9 SEATS TO CHARGE MOBILE / LAPTOPS. BUS SHOULD BE FITTED WITH MASTER MULTIPLEX WIRING COMPATIBLE FOR AUXILLARY SYSTEMS LIKE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM (ITS), CCTV, WI-FI AND GPS SYSTEM. 10 DESTINATION BOARDS SHOLD BE AS PER AIS : 052 PROVISIONS. 11 BRANDED MAINTENANCE FREE 2 BATTERIES- MINIMUM 180AH EACH. 12 STARTER. 13 ALTERNATOR. 14 INVERTER MINIMUM 500 KVA 15 BATTERY CUT-OFF / ISOLATION SWITCH SHOULD BE PROVIDED NEAR THE DRIVER SEAT. 1 DIMENSIONS OF THE BUS AS PER CMVR IN MM GALVANIZED STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURE WITH ANTI-CORROSIVE 2 PAINTING/TREATMENT. FRONT AND REAR PANELS SHOULD BE OF AESTHETICALLY DESIGNED 3 WITH AERODYNAMIC FEATURES. 4 INNER PANELS - LIGHT WEIGHT PVC LAMINATED. 5 ANTISKID PVC FLOORING TO BE PROVIDED IN THE BUS. BUS SHOULD BE PAINTED WITH PU PAINT AS PER COLOUR CHOICE 6 /GRAPHICS PROVIDED BY MSRTC. 7. EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS PER AIS : BUS BODY SHOULD HAVE TYPE APPROVAL AS PER AIS SINGLE FRONT WINDSHIELD LAMINATED GLASS AS PER CMVR NORMS. FIXED TYPE WINDOW GLASSES SHOULD BE TINTED AND MEET CMVR/ BUS 2 BODY CODE NORMS. 1 IN BUILT BUS LIFTING MECHANISM. 2 TWO AIR BELLOWS IN FRONT AND FOUR IN REAR. MSRTC TENDER DOCUMENT FOR HIRING OF A/C BUSES Page 16