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NTPC Limited

(A Government of India Enterprise)

EOC Noida Office

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)

FOR

Setup of 120 TPD Flue Gas Based Sea # Water Desalination Plant at NTPC # Simhadri.

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

NIT No: 40027521

Date:06.10.2014

1.0NTPC invites on-line bids from eligible Bidders for aforesaid package, as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter:

2.0Brief Details

NIT No.	40027521
NIT Date	06.10.2014
Document Sale Commencement Date & Time	07.10.2014 10:00:00
Document Sale Close Date & Time	07.11.2014 17:30:00
Source of IFB/NIT	EOC Noida Office
Contract Classification	Admn. Works & Purchase
Last Date and Time for Bid submission	25.11.2014 14:30:00
Technical Opening Date & Time	25.11.2014 15:00:00
Bid Opening Date & Time	31.12.2014 11:00:00
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR	3,375.00
EMD in INR	1392000.00
Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time (if any)
Last Query Date (if any)	18.11.2014

3.0 Bid 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 an acceptable Bid Security and Integrity Pact (if applicable) shall be treated as non-responsive by the employer and shall not be opened.

4.0 A 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 New Delhi or directly through the payment gateway at our SRM Site (https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/bbpstart). 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 duly filled in questionnare for issue of vendor code and SRM user id/password.

5.0Brief Scope of Work & other specific detail

#Design, Engineering, Fabrication, Packing, Forwarding, Supply, Transportation and handling, Unloading, Storage, Construction, Erection, Testing, Commissioning and PG Test of Flue Gas Waste Heat Recovery based 120 TPD Sea Water Desalination Plant at NTPC Simhadri.

#One year warranty from the date of mutually agreed date of commissioning including free onsite maintenance in event of any forced outage of the machine.

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

7.0Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

7.1The bidder and/or their principal should have designed / engineered, manufactured / got manufactured, erected / supervised erection and commissioned / supervised commissioning of atleast 01 (one) number of Multi Effect Distillation / Evaporation (MED/MEE)* of atleast 5 TPH evaporation rate or Low Temperature Flue Gas Heat Exchanger** of alteast 250 KW-Th which should be in successful operation atleast for a period of one year as on date of bid opening.

7.2Bidder can be a Consortium, such that one of the firms in the Consortium should have designed / engineered, manufactured / got manufactured, erected / supervised erection and commissioned / supervised commissioning of atleast 01 (one) number of Multi Effect Distillation / Evaporation (MED/MEE)* of atleast 5 TPH evaporation rate or Low Temperature Flue Gas Heat Exchanger** of alteast 250 KW-Th which should be in successful operation atleast for a period of one year as on date of bid opening.

7.3Financial Criteria

7.3.1The average annual turnover of the bidder in the preceding three (3) financial years as on the date of Techno Commercial bid opening shall not be less than # 6.96 Crore [Rupees Six Crore Ninety Six Lac].

7.3.2The Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year shall not be less than 25% of the paid up share capital.

7.3.3In 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 furnishes the following further documents on 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 the 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 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 duly countersigned by Company CEO / CFO.

7.3.4In case a bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated at Cl. 7.3.1 and / or Cl. 7.3.2 above on its own, the holding company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at Cl. 7.3.1 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.

7.3.5The 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 the Bankers shall not be less than INR 3.78 Crore (Indian Rupees Three Crore Seventy Eight Lac only) or in equivalent foreign currency. In case certificates from more than one bank are submitted, the certified unutilized limits shall be of the same date from all such banks.

7.3.6Where 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 Cl. 7.3.5 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.

7.3.7 In case the Bidder#s unutilized line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits specified at Cl. 7.3.5 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 or written off, if any, shall be reduced from reserves and surplus.

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

(iii)For unutilized line of credit for fund based and non fund based limits and Turnover indicated in foreign currency, the exchange rate as on 7 days prior to the date of bid opening shall be used.

(iv)The Consortium shall have necessarily indentify one of the partners as lead partner.

(v)In case of Consortium, the bid security and in the event of award, the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be in the name of all the partners of Consortium.

(vi)In case bid is submitted by the Consortium, the turn over and the line of credit shall be considered on a combined manner for all the Consortium and for the net worth, all the partners shall be required to meet individually. However, in case of Consortium of holding and / or subsidiary companies, the options at Clause 7.3.3 & Clause 7.3.4 above also available to the Bidder.

(vii)For the purpose of compliance to the stipulated turnover criterion given in the Clause No 7.3.1, the turnover from Consortium in proportion to Bidder#s / proposed consortium share shall be declared in consortium agreement, shall be also be considered.

7.3.8 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.

NOTES :-

*Multiple Effect Distillation / Multiple Effect Evaporator : It consists of multiple stages and in each stage, feed water is heated by steam in tubes. Some of the water evaporators, and this steam flows into the tubes of the next stage, heating and evaporating more water and thereby maximizing the utilization of thermal energy of steam. Only the first vessel requires an external steam.

**Low temperature Flue gas Heat Exchanger : It means unfired recuperative heat exchanger transferring heat from low temperature flue gas (<175 Degree C).

In case bid is submitted by an Indian Agency on the basis of experience of its foreign Principal or in consortium mode, the bidder shall submit a copy of the agency / consortium agreement unequivocally mentioning that OEM shall provide the technical support to the bidder for the successful completion of the plant and OEM submit the credentials for meeting the QR criterion as mentioned at 7.1/7.2 (As applicable).

In case of bidding by a Consortium the bidder shall necessarily identify the leader of the Consortium. The Bidder shall along with bid, furnish an Agreement, as per Format enclosed in the Bidding documents in which partners are jointly and severally liable to the Employer form successful performance of the Contract, failing which the Bidder shall be disqualified and his bid shall be rejected.

8.0Issuance of Bidding Documents to any bidder shall not construe that bidder is considered qualified.

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

10.0 Address for Communication

Manager (CM), CMPG, NTPC Ltd Engg. Office Complex, 7th Floor Plot A-8A, Sector -24,

Noida - 201 301 (UP) - India Phone: 0120 - 4948755 Fax : 0120 # 2410026

E-mail: pksinghal@ntpc.co.in,

AGM, (CM), CMPG, NTPC Limited,

Engg. Office Complex, 6th Floor

Plot A - 8A, Sector - 24, Noida - 201 301 (UP) - India

Phone:- 0120 - 4946633, 2410479

Fax :- 0120 # 2410026, 4948770