NTPC Limited

( A Government of India Undertaking )

CORPORATE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

6TH FLOOR ENGINEERING OFFICE COMPLEX PLOT A-8A , SECTOR 24 , NOIDA-201301 ( UP) INDIA

Invitation of Bid for

“RATE CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF STEEL CHANNELS (ISMC) & ANGLES (ISA) FOR NTPC PROJECTS, IT'S SUBSIDIARIES & JVs”

Ref NIT No- CS-0000-200A (R)-9

DATE 06.06.2014

1.0NTPC Limited invites tender from the prospective bidders for the aforesaid package as per brief particulars of scope of work and qualifying requirements mentioned herein.

2.0Name of the work : RATE CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF STEEL CHANNELS (ISMC)

&ANGLES (ISA) FOR NTPC PROJECTS, IT'S SUBSIDIARIES & JVs

3.0Brief Scope of Work:-

The scope of work shall Supply Of Steel Channels (ISMC) & Angles (ISA) as per detail mentioned in the Bid Price Schedule for NTPC Projects, it's Subsidiaries & JVs

3.1BIDDING TYPE- Single Stage Two Envelope

	3.2	Document sale start & Close dates	06.06.2014 onwards during working
			hours up to 27.06.2014
	3.3	Bid Receipt date & time	03.07.2014 at 14:30 hrs.
	3.4	Bid Opening date & time	03.07.2014 at 15:00 hrs.
	3.5	Cost of tender document	Rs 22,500.00 (Rupees Twenty Two
			Thousand Five Hundred only) in the form
			of DD / Pay Order drawn in favour of NTPC
			Limited payable at Noida / New Delhi /
			through online payment gateway of NTPC.
	4.0	EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT	INR 10,00,000.00 ( Rupees TEN LAKH
			only)

All bids must be accompanied with Earnest Money Deposit, in the form stipulated

5.0in the bidding documents. ANY BID NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCEPTABLE EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT IN A SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPE SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE OWNER AS BEING NON-RESPONSIVE AND RETURNED TO THE BIDDERS WITHOUT BEING OPENED.

6.0QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the satisfactory fulfillment of the requirements stipulated under section ITB (Instructions to Bidders), the following shall also apply.

6.1Bidder should be a regular manufacturer of Rolled sections (ISMC & ISA) for the last two years as on date of submission of techno commercial bids. Bidder should also be a registered licensee with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at the time of submission of techno commercial bids.

6.2The Bidder should be an integrated steel producer having a factory/works where iron making is followed by steel making then the molten steel is cast into semi-finished products, which are finally rolled into finished products in factory/works at same or different location.

6.3Total production capacity for all steel products including ISMC & ISA sections of the Bidder should not be less than 0.585 Lac MT per Annum.

6.4Financial parameters of the Bidder

(a)The average annual turnover of the Bidder in the preceding three (3) completed financial years as on date of Techno-Commercial bid opening should not be less than 852 Million (Rupees eight hundred fifty two Million).

(b)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.

(c)In case the Bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on standalone entity basis, the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder can be considered acceptable provided the Bidder furnishes the following additional documents for substantiation of its qualification:

i) Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of its Holding Company.

ii)A Certificate from the CEO/CFO of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed in the bid documents, stating that the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements form part of the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements of the company.

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

(d) In case a Bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated at paras 6.4(a) and / or 6.4(b) above on its own, its holding company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at para 6.4(a) above, provided that the net worth of such holding company as on the last day of the preceding financial year is at least 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 bid, a Letter of Undertaking from its holding company, supported by Board Resolution of the holding company, as per the format enclosed in the Bid document, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

(e)The unutilized 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 bid opening, duly certified by its Bankers should not be less than 265 Million (Indian Rupees two hundred sixty five million 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.

(f)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 unutilized 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 should certify that out of the aforesaid limits certified by its bankers, the Bidder should have access to the line of credit of a level not less than the specified amount at 6.4(e) above. In proof of this, the Bidder would be required to furnish along with its bid document, 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 in the bid document, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

(g)In case the Bidder’s unutilized line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits specified at 6.4(e) above is not sufficient, a comfort letter from one of the bankers specified in the bid document 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 6.4(e) above to the Bidder or to the Treasury Centre, as the case may be, shall be acceptable.

Notes for Clause 6.4 above:

i)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 do not include reserves credited out of the re-valuation 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.

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

6.5Notwithstanding anything stated above, the Employer reserves the right to assess the capabilities and capacity of the Bidder group companies to perform the contract, should the circumstances warrant such assessment in the overall interest of the Employer.

7.0DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF QR

7.1A valid BIS license as on Techno-Commercial bid opening date to be submitted in support of QR mentioned at 6.1 above

7.2Manufacturing range & the total supplied quantity for Channels (ISMC) & Angles (ISA) during the last two years to be submitted. At least two PO copies in each year and/or client certificate for each year to be submitted in support of QR mentioned at 6.1 above.

7.3Technical write up/catalogue explaining the steel manufacturing process in support of QR mentioned at 6.2 above

7.4Supporting documents in respect of production capacity shall be submitted in support of QR mentioned at 6.3 above.

7.5Annual Report to be furnished for the preceding three completed Financial years as on date of Techno commercial Bid opening to be submitted in support of QR mentioned at 6.4 (a) above

7.6For QR mentioned at 6.4 (b) to (g), the details to be furnished as per Annexure 12 along with Appendix A, B & C

8.0A 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 bidding documents as mentioned above in the form of a Crossed Account Payee Demand Draft in favor of NTPC Limited, payable at New Delhi/Noida.

The bidding documents can also be downloaded from http://www.ntpctender.com on registration and on-line 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 the bid opening

9.0In order to be able to download the bidding documents the prospective bidders shall be required to compulsorily register themselves with the NTPC website which shall be a one time process.

The registered prospective bidders who wish to download the bidding documents shall be prompted to enter his user id & password. Subsequent to entering of user id & password and acceptance of the same by the system, the

prospective bidder shall be routed to payment gateway for making payment towards cost of bidding documents. On successful payment of cost of bidding documents the prospective bidder shall be authorized to download the bidding documents.

10.0Notwithstanding any thing stated above, NTPC reserves the right to assess the bidder’s capability & capacity to perform the contract, should the circumstances warrant such an assessment in the overall interest of NTPC and the decision of NTPC in this regard shall be final & binding. NTPC also reserves the right to verify the claims made by Bidders.

11.0NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel / withdraw the invitations for bids without assigning any reason whatsoever and in such case no bidder / intending bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action

12.0NTPC shall not be responsible for any postal delay, loss or non receipt of documents sent through post or courier

ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION :	Alternative Address
AGM (CC&M)	Manager (Corp. Materials)
NTPC Limited,	NTPC Limited,
Engineering Office Complex, 6th Floor	Engineering Office Complex, 6th
Plot A-8A, Sector -24,	Floor
Noida - 201 301 (UP) - India	Plot A-8A, Sector -24,
	Noida - 201 301 (UP) - India

Phone:- 0120 - 4948624, 2410340 & 4946828 Fax :- 0120 – 2410026 E-mail : dilipdutta@ntpc.co.in, ratnakar04@ntpc.co.in,mnrai@ntpc.co.in