The ireps site has a list of approved Vendors for various Item/Sub-item etc. This is the list of approved vendors:
https://ireps.gov.in/epsn/cvap/admintab/vndrDirectoryAnon.do
Now if one searches for Item ID: 3100234 , one can see a list of Approved Vendors and Developmental Vendors. Railways always have plans to develop newer vendors after following the due process. The search lists the following approved vendors:
M/s HBL POWER SYSTEMS LTD-HYDERABAD
(ID- 1856)
M/s KERNEX MICROSYSTEMS INDIA LIMITED-HYDERABAD
(ID- 62058)
M/s MEDHA SERVO DRIVES PRIVATE LIMITED-HYDERABAD
(ID- 1593)
and two vendors under development:
M/s QUADRANT FUTURE TEK LIMITED-MOHALI
(ID- 106230)
M/s G.G.TRONICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED-BANGALORE
(ID- 8542)
the above developmental vendors also has conditions specified for their approval.
So how can Ashoka Buildcon come when it is neither an approved vendor nor a vendor under development?
From my understanding of Railway bidding, anyone with or without technology can bid in a tender if they meet the required financial and some other criteria like project execution track record with Railways. Now if the bidder is L1 and does not have the approved technology it needs to tie up with an existing vendor and failure to do so will result in blacklisting. In this case Ashoka seems to have partnered with one of the three approved vendors for technology.
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