NTPC Limited

(A Government of India Enterprise)

Lara Super Thermal Power Project

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)

FOR

Procurement Of Portable DM Plant For NTPC LARA

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

NIT No-9900129584/M58/1047

Date:07.08.2014

1.0NTPC invites bids from eligible Bidders for affore said package, as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter:

2.0 Brief Details:

NIT No.9900129584/M58/1047

Document Sale Commencement Date:08.08.2014

Document Sale Close Date :08.09.2014

Source of IFB/NIT: NTPC LARA STPP

Contract Classification:Materials

Last Date and Time for Bid Submission: upto 15:00 hrs on 16.09.2014

Technical Opening Date & Time:15:30 hrs on 16.09.2014

Cost of Bidding Documents in INR: Rs 2365/-

EMD in INR:Rs 2,99,000/-(Rupees Two Lacs Ninety Nine Thousand only)

Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time

Last Date of Query(if any):15.09.2014

3.0Bid Security and Integrity Pact(if applicable) shall be submitted in a sealed envelope separately offline by the stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below. Any bid without any acceptable Bid security and Integrity Pact(if applicable) shall be treated as non- responsive by the employer and shall not be opened.

4.0A complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded by any interested Bidder on payment (non –refundable) of the cost of the documents as mentioned above in the form of a crossed account payee demand draft in favour of NTPC Ltd, payable at Raigarh or directly through the payment gateway at our SRM site. For logging on to the SRM site, the bidder would require vendor code and SRM user id and password which can be obtained by submitting a questionnaire available at our SRM

site as well as at NTPC tender site(www. ntpctender.com). First time users not allotted any vendor code are required to approach NTPC at least three working days prior to Document Sale Close Date alongwith dully filled in questionnaire for issue of vendor code and SRM user id/password.

5.0Prospective bidders from U.P. State are compulsorily required to provide TIN number at the time of purchase of Bidding documents.

6.0 Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

In addition to satisfactory fulfillment of the Qualifying requirements stipulated in Section – ITB (Instructions to Bidders) of Bid documents, the following shall also apply:

1.1The Bidder should have designed, supplied, erected and commissioned Reverse Osmosis (RO) based demineralizing plant or containerized portable / mobile Reverse Osmosis (RO) based demineralizing plant of capacity

a)Minimum of 12 Cu. M/hr in a Single contract

OR

b)Minimum of 8 Cu.M/hr in Two contracts

OR

c)Minimum of 5 Cu.M/hr in Three contracts

1.2The DM Plant commissioned at 1.1 above should have been in successful operation for at least one

(1)year prior to date of Techno-Commercial bid opening.

2.0FINANCIAL CRITERIA

2.1The average annual turnover of the Bidder, in the preceding three (3) financial years as on the date of Bid opening shall not be less than INR 299 lakhs (Indian Rupees Two Hundred and Ninety Nine Lakhs only) .

2.2The Net worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year shall not be less than 25% of its paid up share capital.

2.3In case the Bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on standalone entity basis, the un-audited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder can be considered acceptable provided the Bidder furnishes the following further documents on substantiation of its qualification:

a.Copies of the un-audited unconsolidated financial statements of the bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Holding Company.

b.A certificate from the CEO/CFO of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed in the bid documents, stating that the un-audited unconsolidated financial statements form part of the Consolidated Annual Report 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.

2.4 In case, a Bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated at Clause 2.1 and / or 2.2 above on its own, the holding company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at Clause 2.1 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 the holding company, supported by Board Resolution, as per the format enclosed in the bid documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the bidder in case of award.

2.5The un-utilized 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 the Bankers not be less than INR 120 Lakhs (Indian Rupees One Hundred and Twenty Lakhs only). In case certificates from more than one bank are submitted, the certified un-utilized limits shall be of the same date from all such banks.

2.6Where 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 shall certify that out of the aforesaid limits certified by the bankers;, the Bidder shall have access to the line of credit of a level not less than the specified amount at clause 3.6 above. In proof of this, the Bidder would be required to furnish along with its 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 in the bid documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the contract by the bidder in case of award.

2.7In case the Bidder’s unutilized line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits specified at Cl.2.5 above is not sufficient, a comfort letter from one of the bankers specified in the bid 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 to the bidder or to the Treasury management Centre as the case may be, shall be acceptable.

NOTES:

(i)Net worth means the sum total of the paid up share capital and free reserves. Free reserve means all reserves credited out of the profits and share premium account but does not include reserves credited out of the revaluation of the assets, write back of depreciation provision and amalgamation. Further any debit balance of Profit and Loss Account and miscellaneous expenses to the extent not adjusted off, if any, shall be reduced from reserves and surplus.

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

3.0Notwithstanding 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.

SUB QR FOR UF MEMBRANES

Ultra Filtration system prior to RO units to be used for this project shall be supplied from such manufacturers who have supplied two numbers of UF membranes as offered of minimum

15 cum/hr capacity and such membranes should have been in successful operation for at least one

(1) year as on the date of techno commercial bid opening have been in successful operation for at least one (1) year as on the date of techno commercial opening.

7.0 Address for Communication

AGM (C&M)

NTPC Ltd,

Lara Super Thermal Power Project

Contracts & Materials Department

Opp.SBI ,Rajat Shree House, Kotra Road, Raigarh.

Chhattisgarh-496001