INDIAN RAILWAYS

RESEARCH DESIGNS & STANDARDS ORGANISATION

MANAK NAGAR, LUCKNOW 226 011

NOTICE FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(RDSO website: http://www.rdso.indianrailways.gov.in)

No. STT/G/Vendor/75

Dated: 21/11/2016

RDSO is the sole Research, Designs & Standards Organisation of Indian Railways,
dedicated to create & adopt technology solutions for Indian Railways. Telecom Directorate of
RDSO is dealing with design and development of telecom systems/items.

Ministry of Railways, Research, Design & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow is

interested in developing specification for:

1. Integrated Communication System In Tunnels.

Firms who have enough experience and capability in the field and have ISO certificate
and are interested in developing the specification are requested to see the details on the
RDSOs website http://www.rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/ or contact Director/Tele-II, RDSO,
Lucknow on 0522-2465755 / dtele2rdso@gmail.com / dtele2@rdso.railnet.gov.in on any
working day for further details. The firms are requested to submit the details in the prescribed
format latest by 25th December 2016 to Director/Tele-II, Room No. 225, Telecom Directorate,
RDSO, Annexe-I, 2nd Floor, Manak Nagar, Lucknow-226 011.

Director/Telecom-II
R.D.S.O./Lucknow.


Integrated Communication System in Tunnels
Functional Requirement Specification
Scope:
Indian Railway has provided various size of tunnels on IR network of varying lengths. These
tunnels can broadly be categorized in two categories i.e. tunnel less than 2Km and tunnel more
than 2Km length. Requirement of integrated communication need for above two categories will be
slightly different.
Integrated Tunnel Communication system in tunnels where ever provided on Indian Railway
shall be able to provide communication need to the following:
(i)
(ii)

Tunnels more than 2 Km length.

Tunnels less than 2 Km length.

Functional Requirement:
The purpose of the communication system shall be to meet the following requirements:
1. The integrated communication system shall be connected to centralized tunnel control
room either at adjacent station or Divisional Control HQ controlling 2 to 3 tunnels.
2. Some telecommunication facilities in the tunnel shall either be brought on Fibre Optic
Telecom network and some like Emergency Communication (EC Sockets) on Copper
Cable to the Central Tunnel Control Room or Divisional Control Room.
3. Telecommunication facility to tunnels more than 2Km length:
i.
ii.
iii.

iv.
v.

vi.
vii.

VHF sets (Walkie-Talkies) of 5 Watt sets with simplex communication provided to

Guards / Drivers and field maintenance teams need to be operational in tunnels.
Mobile Train Radio Communication System (GSM-R) shall be functional inside
the tunnel where ever this system is provided in the section.
Emergency Communication (EC) socket should be provided at every 250 mtrs.
These EC socket provided for Direct Communication between socket to
controller and functions on 6-Quad Copper Cable on omnibus circuit.
Hotline Telephone Services to be extended to Tunnel Maintenance Boxes. These
shall be connected to Central Tunnel Control Room/Divisional Control Room.
Regular Railway Telephone Services to be extended to Tunnel Maintenance
Boxes at appropriate locations. These Railway phones shall be connected to
Divisional Railway Telephone Exchange.
Integrated Digital PA System with local & remote announcement feature from
Tunnel Control Center / Divisional Control Room to be provided in the tunnels.
IP based CCTV system to be provided at tunnels. All the camera feed to be
transferred to Tunnel Control Center / Divisional Control Room for viewing,

viii.

recording and monitoring of Tunnels through cameras. Suitable video analytics

should also be provided specific to tunnel management requirements.
Optic Fibre & Copper Cable ring to be provided in the tunnel to connect various
facilities like digital PA system, GSM-R / VHF access points, CCTV cameras, etc.

4. Telecommunication facility to tunnels less than 2Km length:

i.
ii.
iii.

iv.
v.

VHF sets (Walkie-Talkies) of 5 Watt sets with simplex communication provided to

Guards / Drivers and field maintenance teams need to be operational in tunnels.
Mobile Train Radio Communication System (GSM-R) shall be functional inside
the tunnel where ever this system is provided in the section.
Emergency Communication (EC) socket should be provided at every 250 mtrs.
These EC socket provided for Direct Communication between socket to
controller and functions on 6-Quad Copper Cable on omnibus circuit.
Hotline Telephone Services to be extended to Tunnel Maintenance Boxes. These
shall be connected to Central Tunnel Control Room/Divisional Control Room.
Regular Railway Telephone Services to be extended to Tunnel Maintenance
Boxes at appropriate locations. These Railway phones shall be connected to
Divisional Railway Telephone Exchange.

5. For wireless communication (VHF/GSM-R) inside the tunnel leaky cable feed or RF
Access points or its combination may be provided.
6. Electrical SCADA traffic to control overhead equipment (OHE) shall also be carried on
telecom communication network (i.e. OFC or copper cable as the case may be).
7. Provision of interconnect and end telecom equipment like STM / SDH, Routers,
Switches, etc. may also be indicated for better appreciation.
8. Frequency Ranges of various applications on Indian Railways:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

VHF (Walkie-Talkie)
TCAS
LOCOTROL
GSM-R
REMMLOT

:
:
:
:
:

146-174 MHz
405-512 Mhz
406-407 Mhz & 433-434 Mhz
876-915 / 921-960 MHz
GPRS/EDGE/CDMA based
Communication system

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FORMAT FOR LETTER OF RESPONSE
Respondents Ref No.:
Date:
Designation of officer to whom the respondent replies: Director/Tele-II
Room No: 225
Building: Annexe - I
Research Designs & Standards Organization
Ministry of Railways
Manak Nagar, Lucknow, INDIA - 226011
Dear Sir,
Subject: RESPONSE TO EOI FOR PARTICIPATION ____________.
1. We, the undersigned, offer the following information in response to the Expression of
Interest sought by you vide your Notification No._______, dated _____.
2. We are duly authorized to represent and act on behalf of ________________
(hereinafter the respondent)
3. We have examined and have no reservations to the EOI Document including Addenda
No(s) ______________________.
4. We are attaching with this letter, the copies of original documents defining: a. the Respondents legal status;
b. its principal place of business;
c. its place of incorporation (if respondents are corporations); or its place of
registration (if respondents are cooperative institutions, partnerships or
individually owned firms);
d. Self certified financial statements of Last three years, clearly indicating the
financial turn over and net worth.
e. Copies of any market research, business studies, feasibility reports and the like
sponsored by the respondent, relevant to the project under consideration
5. We shall assist MoR and/or its authorized representatives to obtain further clarification
from us, if needed.
a. RDSO and/or its authorized representatives may contact the following nodal
persons for further information on any aspects of the Response:
S.No.
1
2

Contact Name

Address

6. This application is made in the full understanding that:

Telephone

E-Mail


a. Information furnished in response to EOI shall be used confidentially by RDSO
for the purpose of development of the project.
b. RDSO reserves the right to reject or accept any or all applications, cancel the
EOI and subsequent bidding process without any obligation to inform the
respondent about the grounds of same.
c. We confirm that we are interested in participating in development of the project
7. We certify that our turnover and net worth in the last three years is as under:
Financial Year

Turn Over

Net Worth

8. In response to the EOI we hereby submit the following additional details annexed to this
application.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Details of various items being manufactured/consultancy undertaken.

Details of customer(s) and supplies made in the field of item under EoI.
Experience and expertise for the items proposed in EOI.
Details of man-power with their qualification and experience.
Detailed proposal for items proposed in EOI including alternative proposal, if any.
Details of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) held, patent filed/held and MoU /
agreement signed.
g. Details of ISO certification.
h. Undertaking as per Annexure-A:
9. The undersigned declare that the statements made and the information provided in the
duly completed application are complete, true, and correct in every detail. We also
understand that in the event of any information furnished by us being found later on to
be incorrect or any material information having been suppressed, RDSO may delete our
name from the list of qualified Respondents. We further understand that RDSO will give
first preference to the applicants considered relevant for the purpose.
10. Our response is valid till (date in figures and words):____________________________.

Yours sincerely,

(Sign)
NAME:
In the Capacity of
Duly authorized to sign the response for and on behalf of
Date:


Annexure-A

(To be taken on non-judicial stamp paper of appropriate value as applicable in the respective
state and dully notarised & witnessed)
UNDERTAKING
I, son of aged about ..... years resident of .., do hereby solemnly affirm
as under:
1. That the deponent is the Authorised signatory of (Name of the Sole Proprietorship
Concern/ Partnership Firm/ Registered Company/ Joint Venture).
2. That the deponent declares on behalf of (Name of the Sole Proprietorship Concern/
Partnership Firm/ Registered Company/Joint Venture) that:
a. In regard to matters relating to the security and integrity of the country, no charge
sheet has been filed by an agency of the Government / conviction by a Court of
Law for an offence committed by the ----------------------------------- (name of the
entity) or by any sister concern of the ---------------------------------- (name of the
entity) would result in disqualification.
b. In regard to matters other than the security and integrity of the country, ------------(name of the entity) has not been convicted by a Court of Law or indicted /passed
any adverse order by a regulatory authority against it or its any sister concern
which relates to a grave offence, or would constitute disqualification. Grave
offence is defined to be of such a nature that it outrages the moral sense of the
community.

DEPONENT
VERIFICATION

I declare that the contents of para 1 to 2 above are true as per my knowledge and
nothing has been hidden.

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