NTPC LIMITED

(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)

FOR

CIVIL & HM WORKS OF POWER HOUSE COMPLEX INCLUDING PART HRT PACKAGE FOR RAMMAM HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT STAGE-III (3X40 MW) LOCATED IN DARJEELING DISTRICT, STATE OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA.

 

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

 

NIT No.: CS-5602-305(R2)-9

Date: 09.01.2014

 

A.         NTPC Limited is in the process of setting up Rammam Stage-III HEP (3x40 MW) located in Darjeeling District, State of West Bengal, India.

           

NTPC Limited invites sealed bids in Two Stages (i.e. Stage-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Stage II: Price Bid) from eligible domestic Bidders for the Construction of Civil & HM works of Power House Complex including part HRT Package as per the brief particulars of Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.

 

B.         The brief scope of work covered under Construction of Civil & HM works of Power House Complex including part HRT Package is as under:

1.     Civil Work:

Construction of following components –

a)     Access roads from bridge on river Rammam (bridge constructed by NTPC) to the various project components. Development of quarry sites, muck disposal areas and other associated works.

b)    Concrete lined Head Race Tunnel (HRT), 3.1 km long and 3.5 m dia horse shoe shape, including adit & concrete plug in adit.

c)     Concrete line surge shaft 14.5 m dia (finished) and 52.5 m height with restricted orifice.

d)    Valve house, Steel penstock and steel lined pressure shaft, 1526 m long 2.7 m dia.

e)     Surface Power House of size 73.5m (L) x 22.4m (W) x 41.6 m (H) to house 3 nos. of pelton turbines of 40 MW rated capacity.

f)     740 m long Tail Race Channel, 4m x 3m cut & cover box section including Tail race outfall structure.

g)    132 KV Switchyard (AIS) of size 160.0m (L) x 40.0m (W) including equipment foundation, cable trench for 132 KV XLPE Cables from Switchyard to GT yard, DG Set room, Switchgear room, etc.

 

2.     Hydro Mechanical Works:

Design, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of complete Hydro mechanical works at various locations as under:

a)     Surge Shaft gate – 1 no. wheeled gate of size 2.0 m x 5.0 m lifted with 1 set of rope drum hoists of capacity 40 T (min.)

b)    Tail race channel gate – 1 no. sliding type of size 3.5 m x 2.2 m lifted with monorail crane of   5 T capacity (min.)

c)     Tail Race outfall gate – 1 no. fixed wheel gate of size 4.0 m x 3.0 m lifted with 1 set of rope drum hoist of capacity 10T (min)

d)    Adit gate- 1 no. hinge type gate of size 1.5m x 1.5m.

e)     All Electrical equipments with control & instrumentation including all accessories for all gates.

 

C.         NTPC intends to finance this package through ECB, Domestic Borrowings, Own Resources.

 

D.         Detailed Specifications and Scope of Work are given in the Bidding documents, which are available for examination and sale at the address given below and as per the following schedule:

           

Bidding Document No

:

CS-5602-305(R2)-9

Documents Sale Dates & Timings       

:

09.01.2014 to 30.01.2014 from 1000 hrs to1500 hrs. (IST)

Last Date for Receipt of Clarifications

:

10.02.2014

Bid Receipt Date & Time for Stage-I Techno-Commercial Bid:

:

20.02.2014 upto 14.30  Hrs.(IST)

Bid Opening Date & Time for Stage-I (Techno-Commercial) Bid

:

20.02.2014 upto 15.00  Hrs.(IST)

Cost of Bidding Documents

:

Rs. 9,000.00 (Rs. Nine Thousand only) per set

 

It may be noted that prospective bidders from UP State of India are compulsorily required to provide TIN Number at the time of purchase of Bidding Documents from office of NTPC.

 

The Bidding Documents can also be downloaded from http://www.ntpctender.com as per the details mentioned at Sl. No. ‘H’ below.

 

As per the provisions of the Bidding Documents, the Bidders shall submit, in separate sealed envelopes, “Stage-I: Techno-Commercial Bid”, within the Bid submission date and time as mentioned above. The date of submission and opening of Price Bids (Stage-II) shall be intimated separately by NTPC after completion of evaluation of Stage-I.

 

E.         All Techno-commercial bids must be accompanied by Bid security for an amount of Rs. 4,76,34,000/- /- (Indian Rupees Four  Crore Seventy Six  Lakh Thirty Four Thousand only) in the form as stipulated in Bidding Documents.

 

Any Bid not accompanied by an acceptable Bid Security in a separate sealed envelope shall be rejected by the Employer as being non-responsive and returned to the Bidder without being opened.

 

F.         Qualification Requirements for Bidders

 

In addition to the requirements stipulated in section ITB (Instructions to Bidders) sub-Clause No. 11.2 (c), the following shall also apply.

 

The Bidder who wishes to participate in the bid for Civil & HM Works of Power House Complex including part HRT package of Rammam-III HEP shall satisfactorily establish the following Qualifying Requirements (QR):

 

1.0     The Bidder should have executed the following Civil works in the preceding seven (7) years reckoned from the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

                                                           

a)       One power house of hydro power project of capacity not less than 100 MW.

 

b)              Concrete lined tunnel(s) having finished cross sectional area of minimum 8 Sqm. The total finished length of such tunnel(s) (in not more than two tunnels) should be minimum 2.5 km or minimum 25000 cum finished volume.

 

c)       Cumulative progress of concrete of not less than 16000 cum over a continuous period of 12 months in Desilting chamber/Desilting Basin/ Intake or Head Regulator/ Barrage/ Intake structures/ Dam / Power House structure/ Tunnel/ Spillway concurrently in not more than two projects.   

 

2.0  The Bidder may also participate as a Joint Venture (JV) provided one of the partner of the JV fully meets any two of the requirements of 1.0 (a), (b) & (c) above. The other partner of the JV should necessarily meet the balance requirement of 1.0 above. The Joint Ventures should necessarily identify the partner who meets any two of above requirement of 1.0 (a), (b) & (c) as lead partner in the Joint Venture agreement to be provided along with the bid as detailed at note (vii) below.

 

3.0     Financial Criteria

           

3.1     The average annual turnover of the Bidder(s)/ collective turnover of JV partners in the preceding three (3) financial years as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening, should not be less than INR 715 Millions (Indian Rupees Seven hundred Fifteen Millions only).

 

3.2     The Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year should not be less than 25% of its paid-up share capital.

 

3.3    In case the Bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on stand alone entity basis, the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder can be considered acceptable provided the Bidder further furnishes the following documents for substantiation of its qualification:

 

(i)    Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder alongwith copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of Holding Company.

 

(ii)    A Certificate from the CEO/CFO of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed with the bidding documents, stating that the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements form part of the consolidated financial statements of the company.

In case where audited results for last preceding financial year are not available, certification of financial statements from a practicing Chartered Accountant shall also be considered acceptable. 

 

3.4     In case a Bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated at Cl. 3.1 and/ or Cl. 3.2 above on its own, its holding company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at Cl. 3.1 above, provided that the net worth of such holding company as on the last day of the preceding financial year is atleast equal to or more than the paid-up share capital of the holding company. In such an event, the Bidder would be required to furnish along with its techno-commercial bid, a Letter of Undertaking from its Holding Company, supported by Board Resolution of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed in the bidding documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

 

3.5     The unutilised line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits with cash and bank balances including fixed deposits of the Bidder as on a date not earlier than 15 days prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening, duly certified by its Bankers should not be less than INR 634 Millions (Indian Rupees Six hundred Thirty Four Millions only). In case certificates from more than one bank are submitted, the certified unutilized limits shall be of the same date from all such banks.

 

3.6     Where another Company of the group acting as the Treasury Centre is responsible for Treasury Management of the Bidder having combined credit/guarantee limit for the whole group, the Bidder would be required to provide a Banker’s certificate regarding the unutilised line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits together with cash and bank balances including fixed deposits available to such Treasury Centre. Further, Treasury Centre shall certify that out of the aforesaid limits certified by its bankers’, the Bidder shall have access to the line of credit of a level not less than the specified amount at Cl. 3.5 above. In proof of this, the Bidder would be required to furnish along with its techno-commercial bid, a Letter of Undertaking from the Treasury Centre, supported by a Resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the holding company, as per the format enclosed with the bidding documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

 

3.7     In case the Bidder’s unutilized line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits specified at Cl. 3.5 above is not sufficient, a comfort letter from one of the bankers specified in the bidding documents unequivocally stating that in case the Bidder is awarded the Contract, the Bank would enhance line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits to a level not less than the specified amount at clause 3.5 above to the Bidder or to the Treasury Centre as the case may be, shall be acceptable.

      

3.8     In case of a bid submitted by Joint Venture, the turnover and line of credit shall be considered on a combined manner for all the JV partners and for the net worth, all the partners shall be required to meet individually. However, in case of a JV of Holding and/or Subsidiary companies, the options at Cl. 3.3 or Cl. 3.4 are also available to the Bidder.

            Notes:

                  i.    The qualifying works at 1.0 (a), 1.0 (b), 1.0 (c), can be from the same or different projects.

 

                 ii.    In case of works stipulated under 1.0 the word “executed” means that

a)     For works stipulated under 1.0 (a) the Bidder should have completed the construction of Power House even if qualifying work/ the total contract is not completed / closed.

b)    For works stipulated under 1.0 (b), 1.0 (c), the Bidder should have achieved the specified progress of work, even if the qualifying work/ total contract is not completed/ closed.

                iii.    If the qualifying work is completed in the seven (7) years period specified above even if it has been started earlier, the same will also be considered as meeting the qualifying requirement.

 

                iv.    For the purpose of clause 1.0(b) of QR, the concrete lining of tunnel(s) as envisaged and included in the work of the contract of the reference works shall be considered. For computation of volume of tunnel, the finished cross sectional area (area inscribed within the finished lines/lining) multiplied by the finished length of tunnel(s) shall be considered. For the purpose of qualification, the executed works in one or more stretches shall be considered.

 

                 v.    The experience of Bidder/ each partner of JV who has executed the work at 1.0 (a)  and/or 1.0 (b)  and/or 1.0 (c) above as a member of Joint Venture/ Consortium can also be considered provided:

a)     The allocation of scope of work between the partners of the Joint Venture/ Consortium is clearly defined in the executed JV agreement and the Bidder’s/ each partner of JV’s Scope of work and the break-up of quantities executed by them as individual contribution in Joint Venture/ Consortium meet the requirements of 1.0 (a) and/or 1.0 (b) and/or 1.0 (c) above.

b)    In case the allocation of the scope of work between the partners of the Joint Venture/ Consortium is not clearly defined in the executed JV agreement, then the work experience of the Joint Venture can be claimed by the Bidder/ each partner of JV, provided the Bidder’s/ each partner of JV’s share in the aforesaid Joint Venture/ Consortium was at least 50%.

Only the experience of the Bidders or each partner of the JV, wherever applicable, on stand alone basis, shall be considered for establishing the compliance to the stipulations of the works contained at para 1.0. The experience of any group company or Subsidiary or Holding company shall not be considered.

                vi.    The works executed by the Joint Venture / Consortium will be considered for the purposes of qualification at 1.0 above provided, the same Joint Venture/ Consortium (with identical share in the Joint Venture) which had executed the qualifying work(s) is submitting the bid for this package. Such Joint Venture(s)/ Consortium(s) will be eligible for qualification under 1.0 above.

 

               vii.    In case of Joint Venture bid under para 1.0 (defined under note vi) and para 2.0 above, the Bidder shall provide, along with his bid, a Joint Venture Agreement, as per the format enclosed in the bid document in which the partners of the JV are jointly and severally liable to the employer to perform all the contractual obligations in respect of successful performance of the work. The bid security and, in the event of award, the bank guarantee(s) shall be in the name of all the partners of the Joint Venture.

 

              viii.    The Bidders seeking qualification under 2.0 above, the number of partner in case of Joint Venture/ Consortium including lead partners shall not be more than two (2).

 

                ix.    For the purpose of compliance to the stipulated turnover criteria given in clause no. 3.1, the turnover from Joint Venture(s) in proportion to Bidder’s/ proposed JV partner(s) share as declared in the Joint Venture agreement, shall also be considered.

 

                 x.    Net Worth means the sum total of the paid up share capital and free reserves. Free reserves means all reserves credited out of the profits and share premium account but does not include reserves credited out of the revaluation of assets, write back of depreciation provisions and amalgamation.  Further any debit balance of Profit & Loss account and miscellaneous expenses to the extent not adjusted or written off, if any, shall be reduced from reserves & surplus.

 

                xi.    Other income shall not be considered for arriving at annual turnover.

 

4.0     Notwithstanding anything stated above, the Employer reserves the right to assess the capabilities and capacity of the Bidder/ his Collaborators/ Associates/ Subsidiaries/ Group companies to perform the contract, should the circumstances warrant such assessment in the overall interest of the Employer.

 

G.         NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel / withdraw the Notice Inviting Tender without assigning any reason whatsoever and in such case no Bidder / intending Bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action.

 

H.            A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by any interested Bidder on submission of a written application and payment (non-refundable) of the cost of the documents as mentioned at Clause D above in the form of an Account Payee Demand Draft in favour of “NTPC Limited”, payable at New Delhi. The Bidding Documents can also be downloaded from http://www.ntpctender.com on registration and online payment (non-refundable) towards cost of Bidding Documents and the downloaded documents can be used for bidding purposes.

 

In case the registered Bidders who have downloaded the Bidding Documents require an additional manual copy of the documents then such Bidders shall be required to purchase the manual copy of the Bidding Documents following the procedure detailed above.

 

Issuance of Bidding Documents to any Bidder shall not construe that such Bidder is considered to be qualified. Bids shall be submitted and opened at the address given below in the presence of Bidder’s representatives who choose to attend.

 

I.              Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not permissible.

           

J.         Address for communication:

 

AGM (CS-I)/Manager (CS-I),

NTPC Limited,

6th Floor, Engineering Office Complex,

Plot A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA-201301,

Uttar Pradesh, India

 

Tele. No.: +91 120 494 8691 / 494 8657

Fax No.:   +91 120 241 0335 / 241 0011