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Some cases have been reported where bidders have claimed non receipt of prior intimation of RA start. In order to ensure that no prospective eligible bidder is left out due to non intimation on time, it has been decide that RA will henceforth start 24 hours after the buyer proceeds for the RA creation and initiated RA. RA Start date and End Date will be notified to both buyer and sellers.
GeM system maintenance activity is planned from 17/06/2023 9:00 PM until 18/06/2023 02:00 PM. While we will work towards avoiding any outages, the system may be unstable intermittently. As a preventive measure, you are requested to either prepone or postpone Bid related activities such as Bid creation, Evaluation, Seek Clarification, Reply Representation and Negotiations etc, to other dates as per your convenience. Also, you may like to avoid keeping Bid end date and Bid Opening dates on or near these dates if feasible.
Please find enclosed OM dated 28.04.2023 on revised format for Registration of bidders from countries sharing land border with India under Rule 144 (xi) for your kind information and necessary action.
Notification regarding Cyber Security Control matrix
Please note that insecure products, solutions, and services lead to exposure to threats and cyber security breaches which affects procuring entities. Assuring cyber security as a feature of products and services require ensuring cyber security compliances as a part of procurement This will also help in building a cyber-security culture. Building awareness in government agencies to adopt cyber security controls as part of the procurement of ICT products and services, as well as engaging industry to put cyber security control requirements into practise, is crucial for meeting the objective of ensuring cyber security.
It is noted that many times due to lack of awareness various clauses, provisions, and guidelines regarding cyber security requirements mandated by MeitY are not being incorporated while making procurements by buyer organisations. In order to give inputs to the procuring authorities regarding these aspects, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) drafted a discussion paper regarding cyber security control matrix for the procurement of services and solutions by government organisations. The control matrix includes governance and policy, confidentiality, availability, regulatory complexity, audits and situational awareness, data security, application security, and network security. Discussion paper indicates the specification and requirements of different controls as well as indicative methods for verification for each control matrix. A copy of the discussion paper is enclosed herewith.
It may be noted that procuring entities may select and include appropriate and applicable controls from the control matrix indicated in the discussion paper as a part of their procurement of ICT services and solutions. Procuring entities may also consider adding additional specific controls as per their risk profile and scope of services.
It may also be noted that the adoption of cyber security controls by procuring entities in the procurement process may be kept voluntary (as best practises). However, after a year, based on the outcomes, learning control may be mandated as a part of all ICT-related procurement by government entities.
All buyer organization as well as seller/service providers are requested to note the above.
Push Button Procurement (PBP) functionality enhanced - No need for buyer to certify reasonableness of rates:
GeM has enhanced the Push button Procurement functionality enabled as per DoE OM number F.6/7/2022-PPD dated 11th January 2023. The new guidelines for PBP are as follow:
Please refer push button procurement Manual for detailed guidelines. The details of Categories enabled for PBP are available here.
Buyers are advised to comply the latest OM No.F.7/10/2021-PPD (1) dated 23.02.2023 issued by DoE for the restrictions under Rule 144(xi) of the General Financial Rules (GFRs), 2017 while procuring on GeM.
With reference to the clause 4, Section xiii, Sub-section 'm' of GeM GTC, it is to bring to your kind attention that the following categories of Sellers are exempted from furnishing Bid Security:
Note: No EMD to be taken from exempt category of sellers even by way of specific clauses mentioned in ATC / STC by the Buyers. Such clauses which are against the GeM GTC, will be treated as null and void.
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With reference to the OM No.F.6/1/2023-PPD dated 06.01.2023, from Dept. of Expenditure, the minimum service charges for the commission based Manpower Outsourcing services has been revised to 3.85%. Procuring entities can also fix the service charges above 3.85% with proper justification on file, wherever required. However, such service charges should not exceed 7% in any case. It is also recommended to use the Least Cost Selection (LCS) especially in High Value Bids, the template for which can be assessed on this link.
DPIIT has issued OM P-45014/33/2021-BE-II (E-64737) dated December 20th, 2022 related to common examples of "Restrictive and discriminatory conditions against the local suppliers" and "Other conditions which make the bid non compliant to PPP-Mll Order''. Buyers are advised to comply with the same and ensure that their tenders are compliant with PPP-MII Order and don't include restrictive and discriminatory conditions against the local suppliers.
Single packet bid has been enabled on GeM and buyers can procure using it. In single packet bidding both technical and financial offerings are being opened simultaneously and buyers evaluate both financial and technical offers simultaneously and publish the evaluation results. Please refer to the user manual for details.
Additional disclaimer and recommendation for buyers for procurement of Drugs/Medicine through Custom/BOQ bids:
All Provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules made there under as amended till date will always be applicable. This will include all notifications issued by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Department of Pharmaceuticals (DOP), Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers from time to time in this regard.
The sellers are registered on GeM based on self-declaration of valid Drug License, product certification, test reports etc. However, buyers mandatorily check and validate the details at their end for all applicable licenses and certifications e.g., validity and authenticity/genuineness of drug license, product certification, manufacturer certification/licenses, test reports etc.
In case of custom/BOQ bid, it is recommended to take Notarized Undertaking from private drug manufacturers for necessary compliances. (attached format of "Notarized Undertaking")
Only manufacturers for particular drugs/medicine may be eligible to participate in the bid or quote for the drugs/medicine.
The service category “Healthcare Human Resource Outsourcing Service” has been merged with the other existing manpower outsourcing services which are Manpower Outsourcing Services - Minimum Wage and Manpower Outsourcing Services - Fixed Remuneration . Hence, it has been disabled from the market for all new bids. Buyers can hire the healthcare resources from these 2 manpower outsourcing service categories. There will be no impact on already published bids.
GeM has launched the Push button procurement functionality on experimental basis enabling buyer to buy upto 5 lakhs simplifying the procurement process and require minimal intervention from buyer. This is system driven procurement enabled for the limited 50 categories . This has been enabled vide DoE OM number F.6/7/2022-PPD dated 11th January 2023. The buyer may refer the push button procurement manual for further details. The details of categories enabled for PBP is available here. The key guidelines for PBP are as follow
Load Based Bidding
Bids are currently being evaluated on GeM based on the price quoted by the bidder at the time of bid participation. However, there are some use cases when the buyer publishes a bid and expects certain technical and commercial parameters to be used to evaluate the price, resulting in the evaluated price being different from the bidder's offered price.
To capture detailed technical and commercial parameters, GeM has added another feature whereby a buyer can declare the Technical and Commercial Loading Criteria for Bid Evaluation during Bid Creation itself, which will be printed for the bidders' reference in the Bid document.
The selection of the Techno Commercial for Bid Evaluation will be optional for the buyer and the same can be saved as "No," if buyer doesn’t wish to go with the same.
This will be used by the buyer for the limited categories available in the GeM marketplace.
Categories where Load based will be applicable - BIOMASS and types of pumps like HSD, Screw , Fuel, Petrol pump.
Bunching of predefined categories has been enabled now for bidding. Buyer can create bunch bid of items from same category. Buyer can also create bunch bid of items from different categories if such categories are enabled for bunching by GeM. If the item categories that you are trying to bunch are not enabled to be bunched together and you feel that these are items are having same Supplier / OEM base and are required to be bought together and bunching will not lead to restriction in competition, then you may please send an email request to GeM at request-bunch@gem.gov.in for enabling bunching of such categories. Please mention exact name of GeM categories that you are requesting for enabling bunching. Your request would be examined by GeM team and if it is found that such bunching would not lead to restrictive bidding, GeM would enable bunching of those categories. This is a one time exercise and once enabled, all buyers can bunch those categories in all their future bids. Custom and BoQ items are by default enabled to be bunched with other regular categories.
The option of acceptance/ rejection of Direct Purchase/ L1 orders will be discontinued on GeM from 29th July 22 onwards. All the orders placed on GeM shall be auto accepted unless the buyer is red flagged or the order is for a freight intensive item. Only in these cases, the sellers will get an option to Accept/ Reject the order. Even in these cases, the order shall be auto accepted in 5 days if no action is taken by the seller.
The functionality for the collection of interest amount on the delayed payments as per DoE OM No.F.6/18/2019-PPD dated 3rd July 2020 is being made live from 01st August 2022, which would be applicable on all CRAC issued/generated on or after 01st August 2022. If the payment is delayed beyond prescribed timelines, the buyer will be liable to deposit interest as per DoE OM. Interests due showing in the Buyer dashboards for older contracts are being reset to zero and all future interests would have to be paid using online functionality deployed on the GeM using the SBI payment gateway.
Please read DO from CEO GeM regarding misuse of Custom / BoQ based bids.
DP and L-1 purchase for multiple consignee is not allowed. Buyer can add multiple consignees during bid creation.
Bunching of the items has been disabled for Direct Purchase and L1 purchase. For ordering multiple items put the items in separate carts and proceed to checkout in each cart.
GeM is in process to phase out the use of OTP based on authentication process at various stages of procurement like bid floating, bid submissions, invoicing, CRAC generation, Bill process, payment etc. For seamless and hassle-free transition it is advised to get yourself registered for esign or DSC based authentication services and complete all associated formalities. The exact date of disablement of the OTP based authentication will be communicated in near future.
GeM is in a process of development of functionality to deal the statutory variations of contract like GST, VAT etc online. In meantime till such functionality is deployed buyers and sellers are advised to deal variation of taxes OFFLINE at their end with due verification and scrutiny as per enforced tax rates, contract clause and applicable guidelines of organization.
Direct RA is being disabled. Please use BID to RA in place of Direct RA.
Escalation of Tickets – Please raise a ticket while flagging any issue to GeM, it helps better tracking, monitoring, and faster resolution. Further it helps in escalating it to higher level if issue is not resolved within defined timeline. Now tickets can be escalated https://gem.gov.in/gemtickets/create to higher level.
Training for registration and bidding for buyers and sellers - GeM offers self-help trainings for buyers and sellers to register and procure services from the GeM portal without any external help. The link to access these training programs is https://gem.gov.in/training/training_module.
Input Tax Credit - Input Tax Credit and Reverse Charge Mechanism feature in BID has been implemented. Input Tax Credit is required by Buyers who are eligible for Input Tax Credit on GST and GST cess (wherever applicable) in their purchase. Since they get credit of GST therefore, they require financial evaluation of BID considering input tax credit (ITC) so that L1 evaluation is on Net landed Cost to the Buyer. There are three types of sellers in this case. One is regular GST registered seller, unregistered seller and seller registered under composition scheme. This functionality is for all goods and services except services on commission base.
Custom bid and BOQ Bid- GeM strongly recommend use of category based bids - Use of Custom Bid / BoQ bid is not allowed for items for which regular category is available on GeM. Buyer can use the features of Additional parameters also to suit its requirement. Any bid created under Custom / BoQ category shall be cancelled by GeM without any notice, if it is found that regular category is available on GeM for similar items.
Creation of secondary user under different primary user with same mail id: The secondary user registration using an existing email address should be allowed for all the roles - Buyer, Consignee and PAO/DDO.
GeM has revised its Transaction Charge policy. This can be accessed at here
Vaccines and Generic Drugs/Medicine categories - Categories of Vaccines required under the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) of MoHFW have been made live in consultation with them. The categories of TB medicines required under National TB program of MoHFW and other generic drugs/medicines have been made live.
Unlimited RA Auto Extensions - Now there is NO limit on number auto-extensions allowed in reverse auctions, GeM recommends use of unlimited auto extension for best price discovery.
Bid opening from 3 days instead of 10 days only for central Gov & Central CPSE buyers and not applicable on BOQ and custom bids.
BID Life cycle from system has been removed from the system for all types of bids/RA.
Technical evaluator: Evaluation can be based on Single/Multiple evaluator(s) or self, selection for Tender Committee (TC) option shall also be available
Re-blocking of funds - Buyers will now be able to block funds which they had not done at the time of order placement due to reasons like change of financial years etc.
New Functionalities on Services
L1 negotiation: Buyer now gets an option to negotiate with L1 discovered from the financial evaluation. In case service provider has uploaded the price breakup then service provider gets the option to upload revised price breakup after conducting their negotiations with the buyer.
MSE preference: If buyer has selected MSE preference in bid then buyer will get option to send price match request to MSE if Non MSE bidder is selected as L1 and MSE price quoted is within L1+X% (X as defined in bid) range. In case buyer has not opted for MSE preference then buyer needs to provide competent authority approval with detail of approving authority.
Minimum floor price: A new feature has made live to solve the above problem, minimum floor price feature is available for buyers to define the minimum floor price below which no service provider would be able to quote in bid. This feature will help buyers to get reasonable price offers in bids. This feature is available for all PSUs/CPSEs/State Buyers and MoD.
Online invoicing for services - In order to introduce end to end procurement on GeM Invoicing has been made live on GeM for service providers and buyers to streamline the complete process.
Invoice rejection by consignee - Once the invoice raised by service provider, consignee now has the feature to reject the invoice against some rejection reasons which will be visible to service provider. Based on the comments, service provider will be able to update the invoice and then submit again.
Provision to upload additional SLA and SOW and ATC - Buyer has provision to write or upload document files for all of above features which will further become part of bid document and contract document and service provider has to abide by that. The terms and condition, scope of work or SLA mentioned by buyer will supersede by default conditions mentioned in SLA of the service.
Price breakup - GeM has introduced the functionality where Buyer can request for Price Breakup, Format to be uploaded by buyer for the breakup of components on cost/price offered by Service Provider in the Bid. Format uploaded by buyer may be used by service provider as reference for providing financial breakup. L1 will be evaluated by system basis on lowest price offered. GeM restricts this document to be available only during financial evaluation step, buyer will be able to open this document after financial will be open.
Custom filter for buyer - GeM has introduced feature to choose “Others” option from the list of values of technical parameters in case desired parameter is not available. Buyer has to select “Intent of Buying” as “Bid” to enter the Customized Requirement.
GeM system maintenance activity is planned from 25/06/2022 9:00 PM until 26/06/2022 12:00 Noon. While we will work towards avoiding any outages, the system may be unstable intermittently. As a preventive measure, you are requested to either prepone or postpone Bid related activities such as Bid creation, Evaluation, Seek Clarification, Reply Representation and Negotiations etc, to other dates as per your convenience. Also, you may like to avoid keeping Bid end date and Bid Opening dates on or near these dates if feasible. Please note, during this period Buyers can access all previous and ongoing Bid/RA status and details from their panel.
Forward Auction is a new feature addition into GeM platform enabling integrated B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Customer) auction featuring pan India auctioneers and bidders. As a GeM registered buyer, user can create “Auction” to sell off goods/materials/immovable assets within GeM portal using Forward Auction application and can reach out pan India bidders at a larger scale. To know more, click here
Advanced Search- https://bidplus.gem.gov.in/advance-search
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"Buyer Selected Non-Golden Parameters are now mandatory Bid requirement” - Buyers can now choose both Golden and Non-Golden Parameters for defining the Bid Requirements. This will enable Buyers to impose a non-golden parameter as a mandatory specification for their Bids.
All Golden parameters of the category and only those non-Golden parameters which Buyer has selected while creating bid (with values as selected by the Buyer or better than that), will now form part of the overall item specifications in Bid and will be published in the Bid document. Please note that the Non-Golden Parameters which are not specifically selected by the Buyer will now be discarded from bid and will not be published in bid and Sellers can offer a product with any of the allowed values for such non-golden parameters. If buyer want to make any non-golden parameter a part of bid, he must select that parameter and select its allowed values while creating bid, else GeM system would presume that buyer has no specific choice for that parameter and will accept any value for that parameter. No bid can then be rejected for such non selected parameter.
It is also to be noted that the values of the reference product are no longer part of the bid and only allowed values will be part of bid. For Golden parameters, by default GeM would incorporate all values that are better than the reference product's values in the bid. Buyer can select and allow any more values that he feels appropriate so that the bid is as generic as possible to attract maximum competition. Similarly for Buyer chosen non-golden parameters also, reference product's value and better values would be allowed by default and Buyer can add more values of his choice.
Sellers would now need to mandatorily comply with complete Bid specifications to proceed with Bid participation. Since bidders will now be pre-filtered and allowed to offer only those products which are matching with allowed values of Golden as well as non-Golden parameters (Buyer selected), there would now be no need for Buyer's to check or reject any bid on the ground of specification mis-match as far as GeM catalogues are concerned.
Incident management policy has been revised, please click here to view the new policy.
As per the OM issued by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance (No.F.6/18/2019.PPD), the following provisions have been enabled on GeM -
Proof of Delivery Submission
The system would not allow the seller to generate an invoice, if the delivery period of an order has passed. The sellers must also submit the proof of their delivery to the consignee's location before the delivery date of the orders has passed, for their shipments to be eligible for Auto PRC and Auto CRAC
Auto PRC and Auto CRAC
Auto PRC
In case if the seller has submitted the proof of delivery before the order's delivery date has passed, their shipments would be eligible for auto PRC. This means that if the consignee does not generate the PRC within 4 days from the date of delivery as per the proof of delivery submitted by the seller, then the system would generate an auto PRC, marking all the shipped quantities as PRC accepted. At this point, the consignee would have 2 more days to make any modifications. In case, if still no action has been taken by the consignee within these 2 days, then this system generated auto PRC would be considered as the final PRC which could no longer be modified.
Auto CRAC
In case if the seller has submitted the proof of delivery before the order's delivery date has passed and the final PRC is also completed (through the system or by the consignee), then their shipments would be eligible for auto CRAC. This means that if the consignee has not generated the CRAC within 10 days from the date of delivery as per the proof of delivery submitted by the seller, then the system would generate an auto CRAC, marking all the PRC quantities as CRAC accepted. At this point, the consignee would have 3 more days to make any modifications. In case, if still no action has been taken by the consignee within these 3 days, then this system generated auto CRAC would be considered as the final CRAC which could no longer be modified.
Supplementary Invoice
For product orders where the consignee has made some rejections at the PRC or CRAC stage, the sellers would now have an option to issue a supplementary invoice against these rejected quantities. This option would be available to the seller before the delivery date of the order has passed.
For more information on the OM, please click here.
Applicable PESO Rules:
Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation is a nodal agency for regulating safety of hazardous substances such as explosives, compressed gases and petroleum. The relevant rules for delivery or dispatch of cylinders or possession of cylinders under Gas Cylinder Rules 2016 framed under Explosives Act, 1884 administered by this Organization, are given below.:
Rule 10 : Restriction on delivery or dispatch of cylinder:- (1) No person shall deliver or dispatch any cylinder filled with any compressed gas to any other person in India who is not the holder of a licence to possess such gas cylinder or to his authorised agent unless he is exempted under these rules to possess compressed gas cylinder without a licence.
(2) The gas cylinder delivered or dispatched by a person under sub-rule (1) shall be of the type for which he is licensed and shall not exceed the quantity which the person to whom it is delivered or dispatched is authorised to possess under these rules.
(3) Nothing in sub-rules(1) and (2) shall apply to the delivery or dispatch of gas cylinder to the defence forces of the Union, port authorities or railway administration and other paramilitary forces:
Provided that this sub-rule shall not be applicable for co-operative societies run by the welfare associations of these organisations.
Rule 43: Licence for filling and possession (1) No person shall fill any cylinder with compressed gas and no cylinder filled with compressed gas shall be possessed by anyone except under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted under these rules.
(2) The licensee shall be responsible, for all operations connected with the filling and possession of cylinders in the licensed premises.
Rule 44: No licence needed for possession in certain cases.- Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 43, licence shall not be necessary for-
(a) possession of any cylinder filled with a compressed gas by a carrier or other person for the purpose of transport in accordance with the provisions of these rules;
(b) possession of cylinders for own use and not meant for sale or trading filled with,-
(i) any flammable and non-toxic gas when the total number of cylinders containing such gas does not exceed twenty five or the total weight of gas does not exceed 200 kg., whichever is less, at a time;
(ii) any non-flammable non-toxic gas when the total number of such cylinders does not exceed two hundred at a time;
(iii) any toxic gas when the total quantity of such cylinders does not exceed five at a time;
(iv) acetylene gas contained in cylinder in dissolved state when the total quantity of such cylinder does not exceed twenty five at a time.
(c) The provisions of sub-clause 44(b) shall not be applicable for liquefied petroleum gas when the total quantity of gas does not exceed 100 kg at a time for own use, distribution or sale from a sales room belonging to the dealer or distributor of respective oil marketing company.
Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 43, licence shall not be obligatory for working places where LPG cylinders are directly connected to the manifold, but the requirements of IS :6044 Part-1 shall be complied with ,such manifold installations and shall be constructed adapting the sound engineering practices and the quantity of the LPG at any point of the time shall not exceed the limits prescribed in IS-6044 Part-1.
Conformity to EN 3-7:2004+A1:2007-08 standards for Watermist and CAF Fire Extinguisher Backpack high pressure type (Portable Fire Extinguisher) and BS EN 137:2006 Type 2 for Breathing Apparatus Set | The complete BA Set shall be tested for compliance with BS EN 137:2006 Type 2. And the Portable fire extinguisher (water mist and CAF fire extinguisher) shall be tested for compliance from an internationally/nationally accredited laboratory for compliance to all 30 clauses (3.2, 3.15, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6.1 & 10.6.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 16.2) of EN 3 - 7:2004 + A1: 2007-08 (E) Standard mandatorily applicable for the complete system. * exemption allowed to weight parameter of EN Standard Clause No. 3.2 due to combo set application (Deviation allowed in weight being a combo fire fighting unit ) |
Application | Suitable for optimum utilization of compressed Breathing Air stored in the cylinder during fire fighting and rescue operations without any risk of Smoke or poisonous gases entering the breathing circuit. Compressed air stored in SCBA Cylinder consumed via first stage pressure reducer and lung demand valve connected to the face piece to enable the wearer to breathe. Exhaled air passes through the non-return valve to the atmosphere. Backpack water mist and CAF fire extinguisher (high pressure type) are synchronized and integrated with Breathing Apparatus and Compressed Air Cylinder (Accessories) as a multi facet single combo unit providing ease, convenience and highly efficient new system, fully safeguarding the fireman and disaster management official safety to enter and efficiently accomplish his work concerning fire search rescue operation and extinguishing fire uninterruptedly in smOKy non ventilated area which are deficient with oxygen dust poisonous gases and vapors in rooms plants vessels and tunnels etc. |
Self-contained open circuit compressed air breathing apparatus | Self-contained open circuit compressed air Light in weight breathing apparatus (BA set contains air cylinder, back plate, face mask, lung demand valve with Regulator, pressure reducing valve, pressure gauges, hoses etc.) |
Main Components | 1. Water mist and CAF fire extinguisher with Breathing Apparatus Set. 2. Breathing apparatus air Cylinder. 3. Inbuilt pressure gauge on Breathing apparatus system. 4. Approx. Dimension of System - Length: 580 MM Height: 800 MM Width: 380 MM. 7. Weight of the complete system not be more than 30kg +/- 10%. |
Breathing Apparatus as per EN 137:2006 Type 2 consists of | Backpack and Body Harness, Face Mask, Pressure Gauge Analogue, Hoses, Low Pressure Warning Whistle, Cylinder with photo luminescent strip for easy identification during smoke filled compartment, Lung Demand Valve and first stage pressure reducer. |
Configuration of Combo Unit Fire Fighting System with SCBA Set | Configuration Shall be mounted on a sturdy frame suitably cushioned for comfort, provided with shoulder pads for carrying as a backpack high pressure water mist re ghting system and a breathing apparatus system and a handle to be carried by hand. Combo Unit Fire Fighting System with SCBA Set shall be supplied with two air cylinders One 2L/300 bar Type 4 carbon composite with PET liner and One 6.8 L /300 bar carbon composite PET LINER Type 4 (Graphene Nano Tube for 6.8Ltr) for SCBA Set. The OEM Test report of SCBA Set breathing apparatus (complete system) to be tested to prove conformity of declared parameters as per EN -137:2006 Type 2 from any ILAC/NABL accredited/Central Govt Lab* can be used by the combo unit OEM and need not be have a report for SCBA Set, the supplier can use test reports of SCBA manufacturer and need to only have test report of portable re extinguisher (water mist and CAF re extinguisher High pressure ) as per EN 37:2004+A1:2007-08 standards as dened in above specications. Deviation to the Total Weight of Combo Fire Fighting Unit is allowed. Two or more Separate complete Test Report of SCBA Set & Water Mist & CAF Fire Extinguisher are acceptable. |
Commercial Brand Name of the Special foam (fire extinguishing medium) as per accredited laboratory test report wherein higher fire ratings i.e. A55,B233, E1000 V (Dielectric Suitability) achieved, to be declared. | AS PER TEST REPORT |
Pressure Vessel Material & Capacity (Nominal Charge) for Fire Fighting Unit | Carbon Composite with PET Liner of 9 liter capacity Made of Graphene Nano Tubes |
Air Cylinder Material for Fire Fighting Unit | Ultralight Carbon composite with PET Liner Non Corrosive TYPE 4 2L 300 Bar |
Air Cylinder Material for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Set (SCBA) It should be able to hold sufficient quantity of air for declared working duration when charged at 300 bars pressure. | Ultralight Carbon composite with PET Liner TYPE 4 made of Graphene Nano Tube 6.8L 300 Bar |
Extinguishing Gun type with weight approximately 750 grams | Single nozzle |
Pressure Vessel of Fire Fighting Unit shall include a pressure gauge fitted on the vessel/pressure reducer | Yes |
Total weight of the ready to use set COMBO UNIT WITH FIRE FIGHTING WITH SCBA SET (*Exemption allowed to weight parameter of EN 3-7 Standard Clause No. 3.2 due to combo set application (Deviation allowed in weight being a combo fire fighting unit ) | BELOW 30 KGS |
The cylinder should be marked with photo luminescent strip in which a way that when set is assembled it is visible from back side to trace/ follow the BA wearer in smoke filled compartment | Yes |
The air pressure reduction system of the SCBA cylinder | First stage pressure reducer and Lung Demand Valve (Two Stage Pressure Reduction System). |
Pressure Reducer of the SCBA* | Compact designed should reduce the cylinder pressure up to 7 to 10 bar to meet the design requirement of demand valve and should maintain the same reduced pressure even with decreasing cylinder pressure. It should have built in pressure relief valve, designed to prevent excess pressure in the low pressure circuit and also safety device to restrict the flow in high pressure circuit in case of failure/damage of high pressure hose. |
Pressure gauge for SCBA Set | The dial must be marked red to indicate low pressure in the cylinder, in addition to warning whistle set to operate at a pressure when it is left with a 10 minutes air in the cylinder. It should be protected by safety device including restriction valve that will limit the loss of air in event of damage of pressure gauge to 10 liters/ minute maximum. The system incorporates a gauge to monitor the following: a) Pressure b) Alarm at low cylinder pressure at 60 bar to 50 bar |
Low Pressure Warning Whistle of the SCBA | BA set must be provided with low pressure warning whistle, which shall operate automatically, when cylinder pressure drops to a predetermined pressure (i.e. air in the cylinder is left for 10 minutes at the rate of 40 liters/ minutes) for safety margin. It should not be externally adjustable , and the consumption air by warning whistle should not exceed 5 liters/minute. It should be positioned nearby pressure gauge for easy hearing and should not produce sound less that 90 db. |
Full Face Mask Material as per EN 136: Class III | Yes |
Full face mask pan-seal including optically correct and with full view replaceable visor made from poly- carbonate having resistance to chemicals and shock and should be anti scratch | Yes |
The inner mask should allow the air to pass across the visor to keep it free from condensation and should reduce the dead space within the face-mask to prevent accumulation of carbon-dioxide to uncomfortable level * | Yes |
Back Plate design | Universal (Fixed Back plate) |
Instruction Book and Training* | An instruction book or Operations Manual in English, for the guidance of the user including both operating and normal maintenance procedure must be supplied. The book must include an itemized and illustrated spare parts list, giving reference number to all parts. The supplier shall provided training to selected staff/ Officer for operation and maintenance of BA set with Combo Unit Fire Extinguisher |
Total Volume of Breathing Apparatus Cylinder | 2040 liter |
SCBA Cylinder Charging Pressure (Bar) | 300 Bars |
Air Capacity of Breathing Apparatus Cylinder fully charged (Liters) | 6.8 Liter |
Fire Rating of Fire Fighting Unit | 55 A, 233B, 1000V with Special AFFF Compound as per manufacturer own spec or EN 1568-3 0.5% or 1% or 3 % or 6 % AFFF form concentration |
High Pressure Type (Dynamic Operating pressure) as per clause No. 3.15 of EN 3 - 7:2004 + A1: 2007-08 (E) Standard) | 37 bar |
Lancing Distance of Gun of fire fighting unit (meter) | (>= 12 meter) |
The air hoses shall be suitable for minus 40 Deg C to 100 Deg C temperature and EN mark on hose | Yes |
Minimum operating time in full throttle for Fire Fighting Unit | 26 |
SCBA Set safe working duration including 10 minutes safety margin * | Minimum 45 mins (Yes with safe working duration including 10 minutes safety margin) |
Fire Fighting System shall be designed for maximum operating temperature TS max and minimum operating temperature TS min of 60 Deg C or more and 5 Deg C or less respectively | Yes |
Warranty | 1 Year |
SCBA Set CE Approval * | Yes |
Fire Fighting Unit should have PED approval as per Directive 2014 /EU for PET liner vessel and should have CE Marking from Notified body declare CE number | NA |
Air Cylinder Service Life | NLL (Non Limited Life) |
Steel Air Cylinder. Weight of each air cylinder as per PESO approved drawing (empty Cylinder weight). (This excludes valves used, Dome cover Bottom & Top i.e. protective Sleeves). | NA- for Carbon Composite with Aluminum Liner, Carbon Composite with PET Liner Non Corrosive made of Graphene Nano Tubes, Ultralight Carbon Composite with PET Liner Non Corrosive |
Carbon Composite with Aluminum Liner Air Cylinder . Weight of each air cylinder as per PESO approved drawing (empty Cylinder weight). (This excludes valves used, Dome cover Bottom & Top i.e. protective Sleeves). | NA- for Steel, Carbon Composite with PET Liner Non Corrosive made of Graphene Nano Tubes, Ultralight Carbon Composite with PET Liner Non Corrosive |
Carbon Composite PET Liner Air Cylinder Non Corrosive Made of Graphene Nano Tubes. Weight of each air cylinder as per PESO approved drawing (empty Cylinder weight). (This excludes valves used, Dome cover Bottom & Top i.e. protective Sleeves). | NA- for Steel, Carbon Composite with Aluminum Liner, Ultralight Carbon Composite with PET Liner Non Corrosive |
Ultralight Carbon Composite with PET Liner Non Corrosive Air Cylinder Weight without any accessories like protection caps or valves. (empty Cylinder weight) (This excludes valves used, Dome cover Bottom & Top i.e. protective Sleeves). | Yes |
Hydrostatic Pressure Test for Breathing Apparatus Cylinder* | Cylinder of adequate capacity for 45 minutes effective duration at filling pressure not exceeding 300 bar duly hydro-tested to 1.5 times of filling pressure, (must bear IS/BS/DIN/NIOSH/EN mark on body of cylinder). |
The OEM Test report of SCBA Set breathing apparatus (complete system) to be tested to prove conformity of declared parameters as per EN -137:2006 Type 2 from any ILAC/NABL accredited/Central Govt Lab * , can be used by the combo unit, system integrat | Yes |
Name of ILAC accredited /NABL accredited /Central Govt. Laboratory where Test Conducted. | AFTRL DELHI, BSI, DEKRA, PESO |
Test Report No | 4377 for Fire Extinguisher, CE 767706 for BA Set, 9535 A/20/26 PSA for Face Mask, 9598 A/19/11 PSA for BA Set, PESO Approval No. G.3 (42)710 Dt. 07.04.2022 for Type IV Carbon Composite with PET Liner Air Cylinder with Graphene Nanotube of 6.8L 300 Bar Air Cylinder, PESO Approval No. G.3 (42)710 Dt. 25.09.2017 for Type IV Carbon Composite with PET Liner Air Cylinder of 2L 300 Bar Air Cylinder |
Date of Test Report | 24.05.2023, 14.04.22, 19.05.22, 16.04.19, 07.04.22, 25.09.17 |
Any other certification/marking on complete set breathing apparatus (like CE/UL/FM/ NFPA /etc.) * | Yes |
Inspection Authority should verify the Fire Ratings and specifications from respective Test Reports and PESO Approval as declared above | Yes |
Type of certificate/approval for air cylinder service life | As per buyer requirement, certificate from PESO-recognized Third Party Inspection Agency (TPIA) |
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