How to submit Techno-commercial Bids in IREPS tenders?

Vendors can participate in tenders published through IREPS website if they are registered with IREPS application as a vendor. Any vendor can participate in Open Tenders (Advertise Tenders) but only invited vendors can participate in tenders other than Open (Advertise) type. To submit the financial bids for a tender, vendors need to submit the Techno-commercial Bids first after paying the TDC and EMD (if applicable). Complete process is given below that how to submit the Techno-commercial Bids for a tender:

Search the tender through Advance Search or Quick Search or go to 'My Tenders (Not Yet Closed)' inbox from your home page after logged in. Pay the TDC and EMD amount and after that click on 'Enter to Bid' button or 'Bid Process' icon to proceed further for submission of techno-commercial bids.

Techno-commercial bids divided into 8 parts that are Eligibility Criteria, Terms & Conditions, Attach Documents, Commercial Deviation, Technical Specification, Technical Deviation, Special Conditions & Checklists and Performance Statement. The part shown with * are mandatory to sign. Once you have signed and submit all mandatory parts then you can proceed further for financial bidding, if you have not signed all the mandatory tabs then you will get an alert message on clicking financial offer tab.

1.	Eligibility Criteria

You need to select one radio button (Yes or No) corresponding to each and every eligibility criteria that you are complying or not for that criteria. In case if you are not complying eligibility criteria then remark is mandatory for that.

IREPS Error: Failed to open Websigner: Object doesn't support property or method 'open'.

If you getting the error "Failed to open Websigner: Object doesn't support property or method 'open'." while trying to log in or Signing and Submitting any page in IREPS application with your Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) then it is related to the java version installed on your system. You need to update the java installed your system. You can also uninstall the java from your system and after that install the latest version of java. Try the below solution to resolve this issue:

Important Note: JRE installed on your system should be of 32-bit irrespective of your system which may be of 32-bit or 64-bit. For more details please click on the link given below:

Install 32-bit JRE on 64-bit system

Note: IREPS works best on Internet Explorer.

• You will get this error when you try to attach your DSC to login or sign & submit a page
  

What are the different type of evaluation criterias in IREPS?

Evaluation Criteria is very important part of a tender because the ranking process of a tender depends on it. Only complete offers with valid bids will be considered for ranking process at the time of tender box opening. Your offer is complete or incomplete it depends on the Evaluation Criteria of the tender. So submit your bids for a tender according to evaluation criteria of the tender. Tenders published through IREPS may have any one criteria from followings:

Evaluation Criteria for Supply Tenders

• Item Wise/ Consignee Wise: The ranking will be based on the each consignee of each item. 

• Item Wise: The ranking will be based on all the consignees for a particular item. 

IREPS Notice for BIS Registered Firms

Indian Railways actively encourages ISI certified manufacturers to participate in its e-procurement process. ISI products are accepted on their test certificate without third party inspection.

IREPS: Indian Railways e-Procurement System

Do you know all these about Indian Railways e-Procurement System (IREPS)?

Do you know all these about IREPS?

• More than 8,06,538 Tenders issued through IREPS.

• More than 28,951 Vendors registered with IREPS for e-tendering. 

• More than 2,231 Bidders registered with IREPS for e-auction.

• Scrap of more than 6,504 Crores sold through E-Auction on IREPS.

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IREPS Error Message: Please sign with your own certificate.

IREPS Error Message: Please sign with your own certificate.

If you are getting the error message 'Please sign with your own certificate' while attaching digital signature certificate at the time of login or signing then it means you are not attaching the certificate which is attached with your profile. 

New feature of Encryption Certificate by IREPS System for Publishing of NIT has been introduced.

IREPS application introduced new feature for publishing of NIT. Now Railway users are not required to attached the public key of Encryption Certificate at the time of publishing of tenders. Public key of Encryption Certificate will be attached automatically with the tender when it becomes published.

To use this new feature Railway departments needs to upload their Encryption Certificate into their account. This is one time job and Encryption Certificate needs to be updated at the the time of certificate expiry. Process shown below that how to upload Encryption Certificate?

IREPS e-Tender: How to pay the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) in IREPS Tenders?

Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) can be paid through manual payment or exempted. Vendors can pay the EMD amount through manual payment in INR. EMD amount can be paid in parts also. Online Payment for EMD is not available currently.

• Manual Payment: Manual payment can be made by the vendor for EMD amount through Banker’s Cheque, Cash Receipt, DD, Pay Order and Others. To submit the payment details vendor user need to select the instrument type and give the other details like instrument number, date etc. and click on submit button.

IREPS e-Tender: How to pay the Tender Document Cost (TDC) in IREPS Tenders?

Vendor users need to pay the Tender Document Cost (TDC) for Open Tenders (Advertise Tenders) to view the complete Tender Document and to proceed further for bidding.

Logged in vendor users can search the tender through Quick Search/Advance Search or directly from their inbox folder ‘My Tenders (Not Yet Closed)’.

Click on the   ‘Submit Payment Details’ icon to go to payment TDC payment page. There are three modes of payments available Online, Manual and Exempted; the user can go through with anyone of these. 

Error Code : ADM.007, your password has expired, please change your password.

Error Code: ADM.007
Message: Your password has expired, please change your password. Password expires every 60 days. 

If you get this error in IREPS application after login then it means your login password becomes 60 days old and you need to change it.

How many documents can be attached by a vendor in a tender?

Vendor users can attached maximum 15 PDF files in a tender. Size of the each PDF file should not be greater than 2 MB. You can attach 15 files from desktop or from your library or from combination of both.

e-Tender Error: You are not listed in the Vendors list associated with this tender. Please select another tender... !!

Error: You are not listed in the Vendors list associated with this tender. Please select another tender... !!

Why you are getting this error?

You are getting this error because you are trying to pay the Tender Document Cost (TDC) amount to participate in a tender which is not a Open Tender (Advertise Tender). For tenders other than open tender (Limited, PAC, Bulletin etc.) you can only see the tender document but cannot submit the TDC or bid. In searches you will not get the icons for Submit Payment, Bid Process for these type of tenders (Limited, PAC, Bulletin etc.).

What are Indigenous Offer & Foreign Currency Offer for Global Tenders?

In global tenders when you will go to submit the financial bids for a tender then you will find two options (Indigenous bid & Foreign Currency bid) for submiting the bid corresponding to each and every item.

How to submit Common & Item Wise Parameters for Global Tender in IREPS Application?

Common Parameters & Item Wise Parameters have to be entered by Railway User after tender box opening to proceed further for generating Financial Tabulation.

How to submit Alternate Offer for Global Tender in IREPS Application?

Vendors are not permitted to edit/change their financial bids for an item once it is signed and submitted to the system using their Digital Signature Certificate, as the Financial Bid details are stored in an encrypted form in the server.

How to submit revised offer for Global Tenders in IREPS Application?

Vendors are not permitted to edit/change their financial bids for an item once it is signed and submitted to the system using their Digital Signature Certificate, as the Financial Bid details are stored in an encrypted form in the server.  However, vendors are given the option of Revised Bid using which the previous bid can be revised.

If you have already submitted the financial bids then on clicking ‘Financial offer’ tab you will find the following page:

What are IREPS Help Desk Phone Numbers and Email IDs?

Note: From 16.04.2018 onwards IREPS helpdesk services will be available through a single phone number i.e. 011-23761525 (10 lines). All existing helpdesk telephone numbers will be discontinued from 23.04.2018.

IREPS Help Desk:

Phone Numbers	Timings (Monday to Saturday)
011-23370703, 011-23370704	08:00 AM to 07:00 PM
011-23379962, 011-23379964	10:00 AM to 06:00 PM

E-mail: helpdesk.eps@cris.org.in

E-mail: ireps.pg@cris.org.in (for online payment related issues only)

IREPS Help Desk team operates Monday to Saturday (08:00 Hrs IST to 19:00 Hrs IST), except on CRIS Gazetted Holidays.

SBI Help Desk Numbers for IREPS Payment Related Issues

SBI Net Banking Helpdesk:

Phone Numbers: 022-27566066, 022-27566067, 022-27560137 and 022-27566501

E-mail: inb.cinb@sbi.co.in

SBIePay Payment Gateway Helpdesk: 

Phone Number: 1800221401

E-mail: sbiepay@sbi.co.in

Note: From 16.04.2018 onwards IREPS helpdesk services will be available through a single phone number i.e. 011-23761525 (10 lines). All existing helpdesk telephone numbers will be discontinued from 23.04.2018.

Last Updated: Apr 11, 2018

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What are Miscellaneous Bids in Financial Tabulation for M&P Tenders?

Financial bids submitted by vendors appears in Miscellaneous Bids section of the Financial Tabulation in following cases:

• In case of Machine Wise/ Consignee Wise evaluation criteria for M&P tenders, if you have not submitted the complete offers for any consignee of any machine or quoted quantity is less than the tenders quantity for Basic Machine or any Concomitant Accessories/Essential Spares/Essential Services/AMC then your offer for that consignee will not be considered for ranking and appear in Miscellaneous Bids section of Financial Tabulation.

• In case of Machine Wise evaluation criteria for M&P tenders, If you have not submitted the complete offers for all consignees of that particular machine or quoted quantity is less than the tenders quantity for Basic Machine or any Concomitant Accessories/Essential Spares/Essential Services/AMC then your offer for this machine will not be considered for ranking and appear in Miscellaneous Bids section of Financial Tabulation.

• In case of Total Value Wise evaluation criteria for M&P tenders, If you have not submitted the complete offers for all machine and consignee or quoted quantity is less than the tenders quantity for any Basic Machine or Concomitant Accessories/Essential Spares/Essential Services/AMC then your entire offer will not be considered for ranking and appear in Miscellaneous Bids section of Financial Tabulation.

What are Miscellaneous Bids in Financial Tabulation for Supply Tenders?

What are Miscellaneous Bids in Financial Tabulation for Supply Tenders?

Financial bids submitted by vendors appears in Miscellaneous Bids section of the Financial Tabulation in following cases:

• In case of Item Wise/ Consignee Wise evaluation criteria, if vendor quotes zero quantity for a consignee then his offer for that consignee will not be considered in ranking but appear in Miscellaneous Bids section of the Financial Tabulation.

• In case of Item Wise evaluation criteria, if vendor quotes quantity less than the tendered quantity for one or more consignees or does not quote any quantity for one or more consignees then his offer for that item will not be considered in ranking but appear in Miscellaneous Bids section of the Financial Tabulation.

What are the different type of Evaluation Criteria for Supply Tenders?

The ranking process of a tender depends on the Evaluation Criteria of the tender. Only complete offers with valid bids will be considered for ranking process at the time of tender box opening. Your offer is complete or incomplete it depends on the Evaluation Criteria of the tender. In case of Supply Tenders there are four type of Evaluation Criteria:

• Item Wise/ Consignee Wise: The ranking will be based on the each consignee of each item. 

• Item Wise: The ranking will be based on all the consignees for a particular item. Vendors have to submit their rates for all the consignees for full quantity of particular item. In case, the vendor quotes quantity less than the tendered quantity for one or more consignees or does not quote any quantity for one or more consignees then his offer for that item will not be considered in ranking but appear in Miscellaneous Bids section of the Financial Tabulation.

What are Superceded Bids in Financial Tabulation?

Superceded Bids section of the Financial Tabulation shows all those financial bids which had been revised by the vendors at the time of financial bid submission.

For example, if you have submitted a original financial bid for an item (ITEM1) and got the Bid Id: XXXX and after that submitted the revised financial bid for the same item (ITEM1) and got the Bid ID: YYYY then your revised bid (Bid Id: XXXX) will be considered for ranking and original bid (Bid ID: YYYY) will appear in Superceded Bids section of the Financial Tabulation.

You can submit multiple revised bids for an item, your last submitted revised bid will be considered for ranking and all others submitted bids for that item will appear in Superceded Bids section of the Financial Tabulation.

What are the different type of Evaluation Criteria for M&P Tenders?

The ranking process of a tender depends on the Evaluation Criteria of the tender. Only complete offers with valid bids will be considered for ranking process at the time of tender box opening. Your offer is complete or incomplete it depends on the Evaluation Criteria of the tender. In case of M&P tenders there is three type of Evaluation Criteria:

• Machine Wise/ Consignee Wise: Your offer will be considered for ranking if you have submitted the complete offer for a consignee of a particular machine. If you have not submitted the complete offers for any consignee of any machine or quoted quantity is less than the tenders quantity for Basic Machine or any  Concomitant Accessories/Essential Spares/Essential Services/AMC then your offer for that consignee will not be considered for ranking and appear in Miscellaneous Bids section of Financial Tabulation.

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How to register Manually with IREPS application as a new Bidder?

Bidders need to be registered with IREPS application to participate in e-auctions conducting by different depots of Indian Railways. There is two type of registration Online and Manual which you can choose at the time of registration. 

In the case of Online Registration, you need to pay the one-time registration fee of Rs. 10,000/- through online payment and in the case of Manual registration you need to pay the one-time registration fee of Rs. 10,000/- by depositing at Depot.

Prerequisites for registration of new Bidders with IREPS application

How to register online with IREPS application as a new Bidder?

Bidders need to be registered with IREPS application to participate in e-auctions conducting by different depots of Indian Railways. There is two type of registration Online and Manual which you can choose at the time of registration.

In the case of Online Registration, you need to pay the one-time registration fee of Rs. 10,000/- through online payment and in the case of Manual registration you need to pay the one-time registration fee of Rs. 10,000/- by depositing it at Depot.

Prerequisites for registration of new Bidders with IREPS application

IREPS e-Auction: How to change the Bidding Password?

IREPS e-Auction bidders can change their bidding password only after login. There are two options for bidders to change their bidding password. The first option is for those bidders who know the current bidding password and the second option is for those who forgot their current bidding password.


1. Change Bidding Password if you know the current Bidding Password:

iMMIS: e-Procurement has been started through IREPS on all Depot and Division level of SECR.

iMMIS has been started on all Depot and Division level of SECR. All vendors are informed to aquire Digital Signature Certificates and registered with IREPS for participation in local purchase, LT & BT at Depot/Division level.

Click Here to see notice on official website.

How to register with IREPS application as a new vendor?

iMMIS: ECR shifted to e-Procurement for all local purchase (LP & LT) through IREPS.

This is for information of all the suppliers that for all local purchase (LP & LT) of materials in stores Deptt. Dhanbad of ECR, E-procurement under IMMIS is implemented. Thus in future mode of purchase in the Deptt. in Dhanbad Division will shift to E-procurement.

In view of the above all concerned suppliers are requested to get this firms registered with website www.ireps.gov.in of IREPS and inform to this office above. For details information please visit website www.ireps.gov.in.

Click Here to view official notice.

How to register with IREPS application as a new vendor?

How to change the Digital Signature Certificate of a user in IREPS application?

IREPS registered users needs to change the Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) attached to their profile if their DSC got expired and they have purchased a new DSC. To change the  DSC attached to their profile they can submit a request to IREPS Help Desk to change their DSC through the link Request For change of Digital Signing Certificate available on Help Desk page.

IREPS e-Auction: How can Bidder get the format of Affidavit?

The format of the affidavit is available on the registration form page under the link named Affidavit.

The bidder has to produce the affidavit duly notarized on stamp paper of requisite value. To download the format of affidavit please Click Here.

How to download Tender Documents published by Indian Railways through IREPS application?

Anyone, who can access the www.ireps.gov.in download the Tender Documents published by Indian Railways through IREPS application. To download the tender document first, you need to search the tender through Quick Search or Advance Search after that click on the tender number to view or download the tender document. Anonymous users can see the tender document only for live tenders but registered users can see the tender document for all tenders after logged in on www.ireps.gov.in.

For Example:

How to see Indian Railways live tenders by their type or organization?

::: Live Tenders by Type :::

Tenders Closing Today Tenders Closing in Next 2 Days Tenders with Corrigenda   Live Global Tenders Live M&P Tenders Live RA Tenders

::: Live Tenders by Organization :::

Stores Tenders Engineering (PCE) Tenders Construction Tenders   Medical Tenders Railway Depots Tenders Railway Divisions Tenders   Railway Board, RDSO, COFMOW & CRIS Tenders Other CPSEs Tenders

Anyone can see the live tenders published by different Zonal Railways, Construction Wings, Production Units, Railway Board, CORE, DMRC, KRCL, MRVCL etc. You can see the live tenders by their type or organization through the links provided above. These links are available on E-Tender home page of www.ireps.gov.in. For example, if you want to see the all live tenders of Engineering (PCE) department of a particular railway then follow the below steps:

• Click on the link Engineering (PCE) Tenders to see the all PCE department of railways.
  
• If you want see the list of all live tenders published by East Central Railway (Engg. Dept) then click on the Action icon corresponding to it to see the list of tenders. 
  
• To see the tender document of a perticular tender click on the Tender No. for example Tender No: 02156368SP (To see/view the Tender Document Adobe Reader should be installed on users system and pop-up blocker should be turned off in browser settings, for more details please click here.):
  
  
  
  

What is the use of IREPS Public Documents?

IREPS Public Documents link provides the access of the all public documents uploaded by different Zonal Railways, Construction Wings, Production Units, Railway Board, CORE, DMRC, KRCL, MRVCL etc. Any one who a can access the IREPS website can view and download these documents by clicking on the relevant links.

If you want to see the public documents uploaded by Northern Railways the click the link Northern Railways under Zonal Railways and you will be able to see the list of all public documents uploaded by Northern Railways.

To view/open any document click on the Document Name.

IREPS e-Tender: How to view Financial and Techno-commercial Tabulations for vendors?

Financial and Techno-commercial Tabulation can be viewed only after the tenders have been opened by authorized Railway officials. There are some criteria for vendors to view the Financial and Techno-commercial Tabulation/offer which are given below:

• First vendors need to login, without login they will not be able to view any tabulation or offer.

• Vendors can view the Financial and Techno-commercial Tabulation for Open (Advertise) and Special Limited type tenders in which they have participated and submitted financial bids. For rest type of tenders they can view only their offers in which they have participated.

IREPS e-Tender: How to upload and attach Vendor's Public Document?

IREPS provides facility to vendors to maintain an online repository of their documents like RDSO/NSIC etc. approval certificate and any other regular documents supporting their credentials. Once these documents uploaded in online repository then these can be attached by vendor in any no of tenders.

Upload Documents to Repository:

IREPS e-Auction: What are prerequisites for registration of new Bidders with IREPS application?

To participate in e-auction conducting by different depots of Indian Railways, Bidders registration with IREPS application is mandatory, without registration they can not participate in e-auction. For registration with IREPS application a bidder needs to have:

• A valid Class III Digital Signature Certificate with Bidder's firm name issued by licensed Certifying Authorities details of which are available in the website www.cca.gov.in under the link Licensed CAs.

• A valid email address to get the user id and password after successful registration.

• An Affidavit duly notarized on stamp paper of requisite value.

• One time registration fee of Rs. 10,000.

For registration click on the link New Bidder (E-Auction) available in left navigation block on the www.ireps.gov.in. On registration page bidder can either select Online Registration (bidder needs to pay the registration fee online) or Manual Registration (bidder needs to deposit the registration into the Depot).

IREPS: Indian Railways e-Procurement System

Which type of documents can be uploaded/attached in IREPS application?

Only PDF (Portable Document Format) type of document can be upload/attached in IRPES Application. If you want to upload any other type of document like images, MS Word documents etc. then it has to be first converted in PDF file after that you can upload it. Different tools/websites are available on internet to convert files of different formats to PDF file format. Here are link of some websites which can be used for conversion for free:

• http://smallpdf.com/

• https://www.freepdfconvert.com/

• https://online2pdf.com/

There is some restriction on the size of the PDF file which to be uploaded/attached in IREPS application. Users can upload the PDF file of size up to 2048 KB. If you are not able to attach/upload PDF files due to its large size use these websites which are free to reduce the size of you PDF file:

• http://smallpdf.com/ 

• http://convert.neevia.com/pdfcompress/ 

• http://www.compress-pdf.co.uk/ 

• http://pdfaid.com/compress-pdf-file.aspx

How to upload/attach documents in IREPS application?

What is the use of Digital Signature Certificate in IREPS application?

Digital Signature Certificate is being used in IREPS application in a vast manner, some details are given below:

• Registration of Vendors and Bidders: To participate in e-tendering and e-auction vendors and bidders must be registered on IREPS application and without Digital Signature Certificate registration is not possible.

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Railway Board conducting a "Survey on the Consumer Preference of Bedrolls for Indian Railways" . You can also participate 

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IREPS e-Tender: How to pay the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Global Tender in IREPS?

Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) can be paid through manual payment or exempted. Vendors can pay the EMD amount through manual payment in INR or USD or in any other currency by selecting the currency from drop down. EMD amount can be paid in parts also.

• Manual Payment: Manual payment can be made by vendor for EMD amount through Banker’s Cheque, Cash Receipt, DD, Pay Order and Others. For M&P tenders you will get one more option Bank Guarantee to pay the EMD amount. To submit the payment details vendor user need to select the instrument type and give the other details like instrument number, date etc. and click on submit button.

IREPS e-Tender: How to pay the Tender Document Cost (TDC) for Global Tenders in IREPS?

Vendor users need to pay the Tender Document Cost (TDC) for Global Open Tenders (Advertise Tenders) to view the complete Tender Document and to proceed further for bidding.

Logged in vendor users can search the tender through Quick Search/Advance Search or directly from their inbox folder ‘My Tenders (Not Yet Closed)’.

IREPS e-Tender: How to search and view e-tender from IREPS application?

IREPS users can search the tenders using Quick Search or Advance Search options available on www.ireps.gov.in. Both types of users registered and non-registered (anonymous) can use this advance search to search the tenders but options are limited to non-registered users.

• Quick Search: To search the tenders through quick search you need to give the minimum three characters of the tender number or PL No. (Item Code) as input. 

For more details Please Click Here

• Advance Search: To search the tenders through advanced search you do not need to give any input i.e. you can search the tenders through advanced search by selection of different search criteria.

For more details Please Click Here

Anonymous user will be able to view NIT for all published tenders. Logged in vendor users can view NIT for all published tenders but can submit the bids for open tenders and all other tenders addressed to him/her. Logged in Railway user can view all tenders (irrespective of Railway/department, tender type) except that he/she will be able to view draft tenders pertaining to only his/her sections.

IREPS e-Tender: What to do when password is not received after new registration?

If you have not received your password after registration on your email or you have forgotten your password or email containing the password deleted by mistake, then no need to worry you can get a new password easily. IREPS provides two options to their users by which they can request for a new password on their email id or can create a new password of their choice.

• Go to the login page and click on the link "Click Here To Get Password Through E-mail" under forgot password block. Enter your email id which was provided at the time of registration with the IREPS application, click on submit button and attach your valid Digital Signature Certificate. Your new password will be sent to your email id.

• Go to the login page and click on the link "Click Here To Reset Password Using Digital Certificate" under forgot password block. Enter your email id which was provided at the time of registration with the IREPS application, click on submit button and attach your valid Digital Signature Certificate. You will be permitted to assign new password directly.

For more details Please Click Here

IREPS e-Tender: How long will it take to get user id and password for vendors after registration with IREPS Application?

IREPS  requires minimum three (3) clear working days to accept or reject a new vendor registration request. User Id (email address provided during registration) and Password will be sent to vendor's e-mail address provided by them during the registration process. For any clarification (like VAT No. etc.) IREPS may ask for the related documents on email. If all information provided by vendor found appropriate then your registration request will be accepted by IREPS and you will get an email containing the user id and password.

In case of any difference provided by the vendor and that available in the digital signature used during registration or submitting duplicate registration or failed to provide the document(s) asked by IREPS, the registration request will be rejected and an email will be sent duly assigning the reason of rejection.

Note: Vendors are advised to furnish correct and valid e-mail address which currently being used by them, otherwise email containing Password may not be received by the vendors due to furnishing of invalid e-mail id during the registration process.

How to register with IREPS application as a new vendor?

To participate in the e-tenders published by different Zonal Railways, Production Units, Railway Board, CORE, DMRC, KRCL, MRVCL etc. vendors need to be registered on IREPS. There is no Registration Fee for vendors to register with IREPS.

What are the prerequisites for registration with IREPS application?

Please follow the steps given below to register with IREPS: 

What are Required Documents for Foreign Vendors to get DSC?

Class 3 Digital Signature Certificate is required for Foreign Vendors to participate in Global Tenders published by Indian Railways through IREPS web application. Foreign Vendors can get easily registered on IREPS after getting their Class 3 Digital Signature Certificate.

CCA (Controller of Certifying Authorities) issued the following guidelines for Issuance of DSC to Foreign Nationals:

Guidelines for Issuance of DSC to Foreign Nationals

In respect of Verification of identity credentials of Foreign Nationals applying for Digital Signature Certificates under IT Act 2000, the following method shall be followed.