PAY AND USE TOILETS LICENCES ON CENTRAL RAILWAY.

Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) has issued policy for provision of Pay & Use Toilets at Railway station under Policy Circular No. 46 – Commercial Directorate vide letter No. 05/TG-IV/10/SAN/32/Pay & Use Policy dated 07.06.2006.

1) Under this policy it has been proposed to provide Deluxe Toilets with value added services in the circulating areas and normal pay and use toilets at A-1, A & B categories of stations.

1.1) Deluxe toilets will be set up with the participation of the private sector on “Build, Operate and Transfer “ (BOT) basis at Railway stations.

1.2) Selection of Agency : The selection process begins with inviting expression of interest through leading national newspapers from the interested parties/organizations.

1.3) Short-listing of the parties/organizations will be done based on the following criteria.

i) The net worth of the bidder shall not be less than Rs.50.00 lakhs.

ii) The bidder should have minimum 5 years experience of construction, operation and maintenance of similar facilities.

iii) Overall capacity and working standard of the firm by way of previous experience and their pre bid presentation.

iv) The technical qualification of the officers and staff employed by the bidder.

1.4) Based on the finalization of layout and design, a single packet tender should be called containing the “financial bid’ from the short listed parties.

2) Normal pay and use toilets :- Normal ‘Pay & Use’ toilets should be constructed on BOT basis at all ‘C’ ‘D’ & ‘E’ category stations and on platforms of ‘A-1’ & A & B category of stations. Also the renovation and maintenance of existing toilets at these locations can be done through public-private partnership and such toilets can be entrusted to out side agencies on Renovate, Operate and Maintain and Transfer (ROT).

2.1) Same procedure should be followed as outlined for Deluxe toilets.

3) Pay and use toilets at smaller stations : At smaller D & E category of stations Railway shall construct the toilet units and contract be awarded to suitable service provider selected through normal tendering process.

Note:The selection of agency for pay and use toilets is decided at divisional level. For further details Divisional Railway Manager (Commercial) Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Pune and Solapur may be contracted for the stations falling under their respective jurisdiction.

Tender forms are being placed on web site as and when required/invited.