ABRIDGED INVITATION FOR BIDS

NTPC LIMITED

(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE) CONTRACTS & MATERIALS, BHUBANESWAR INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

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WAGON PACKAGE FOR

DARLIPALLI SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT (2X800 MW) AT DARLIPALLI , DISTRICT SUNDARGARH,

STATE OF ODISHA, INDIA

(DOMESTIC Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: 40031957 Date: 15.01.2015

Bidding Document No: 40031957

NTPC invites on-line bids on Single Stage Two Envelope bidding basis (i.e. Envelope-I Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II : Price Bid) from eligible bidders for the aforesaid package.

Bid Documents shall be on sale from 15.01.2015 to 26.01.2015

Bids (both Techno-Commercial & Price Bid) shall be received upto 15:30 Hrs (IST) on 05.02.2014. Only Techno-Commercial bid (Envelope-I) shall be opened on the same day at 16:00 Hrs (IST). Date for opening of Price bid (Envelope-II) shall be intimated separately after opening of Techno-Commercial Bid (Enveolope-I).

For detailed IFB and Bidding Documents, please visit at https:// etender.ntpclakshya.co.in or www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in or may contact AGM (C&M), NTPC Limited, Eastern Region -II Headquarters, 4th Floor, OLIC Building, N-17/2,Nayapalli,Bhubaneswar.India, Pin – 751012 , INDIA, on Telephone No. 0091-674 2500941,Mob No:9437043570 or Fax No.: 0091-674-2500906 on email : dppradhan@ntpc.co.in or pksamantaray@ntpc.co.in.

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DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS

NTPC Ltd.

(A Govt. of India Enterprise)

CONTRACTS & MATERIALS, BHUBANESWAR INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

WAGON PACKAGE FOR

DARLIPALLI SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT (2X800 MW) AT DARLIPALLI , DISTRICT SUNDARGARH,

STATE OF ODISHA, INDIA

(DOMESTIC Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: 40031957 Date: 15.01.2015

Bidding Document No: 40031957

1.0 NTPC invites on-line bids on Single Stage Two Envelope bidding basis from eligible bidders for aforesaid package, as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter :

1.1 Brief Details :

IFB No. 40031957

IFB Date 15.01.2015

Document Sale Commencement Date & Time 15.01.2015

Document Sale close Date & Time 26.01.2015

Source of IFB /NIT ER-IIHQ, Bhubaneswar Office

Contract Classification Equipment Supply

Last Date and Time for Bid submission 05.02.2015 15:30:00

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Techno Commercial bid Opening Date & Time 05.02.2015 16:00:00 Price Bid Opening Date & Time Shall be intimated later Cost of Bidding Documents in INR 22500

EMD in INR 1,11,96,000/-

Funding Source ECB/Internal Resources

2.0 Bid Security and Integrity Pact 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 shall be treated as non-responsive by the employer and shall not be opened.

3.0 A complete set of Bidding documents may be downloaded by any interested Bidder on payment (non-refundable) of the cost of the documents as men tioned above in the form of a Crossed Account Payee Demand Draft in favour of "NTPC Limited" payable at Bhubaneswar or directly through the pay ment gateway at our SRM Site (https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in/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 question naire 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 along with duly filled in questionnaire for issue of vendor code and SRM user id/password.

4.0 Brief Scope of Work & other specific detail

A. Design, manufacture, testing as specified, providing engineering data and drawings, packing, forwarding, transit insurance & transportation

from manufacturer's works to DARLIPALLI project site on "As delivered at site" basis including customs/port clearance, port handling, if required, reconciliation with custom authorities (not applicable in case of foreign bidders quoting on CIF basis). Foreign Bidders have the option of quoting on CIF (Indian port of Entry) basis, as mentioned in the bidding documents. For the purpose of comparison and evaluation of bids, procedures as detailed in the Bidding Document No. 40031957 will be followed.

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B. BENEFITS/EXEMPTIONS TO SUPPLIES FOR MEGA POWER PROJECTS

Ministry of Power (Govt. of India) has certified that DARLIPALLI Super Thermal Power Project (2X800MW) fulfils the laid down criteria for Mega Power Project. Accordingly, supplies of goods for this package shall be eligible for the benefits/exemptions as per provisions of relevant notifications of the Govt. of India.

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

5.0 QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR BIDDERS:

In addition to satisfactory fulfilment of the Qualifying requirements stipulated in Volume A(Vol 1 of 3)(Page 9) of bid documents, the bidder should also meet the qualifying requirements stipulated hereunder:

1.0 Bidder should have executed orders for design, manufacture and supply or executed orders for manufacture and supply conforming to RDSO design of:

a) Minimum of 1000 bogies wagons ( 8 wheelers )

b) Minimum of 200 bottom discharge type wagons ( 8 wheelers ) which must have been in successful operation for at least two (2) years as on date of bid opening.

2.0 Financial Criteria:

A The 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 3770.73 lacs ( Thirty Seven Crore Seventy Lakhs Seventy Three Thousand Only) or in equivalent foreign currency.

B The 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.

C 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 furnishes the following further documents on substantiation of its qualification:

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(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.

D In case a bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated at para A and/ or para B above on its own, the holding company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at para 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 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.

E 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 bid opening, duly certified by the Bankers shall not be less than 2450.96 lacs ( Twenty Four Crore Fifty Lacs Ninety Six Thousand 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.

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

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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 the bankers’, the Bidder shall have access to the line of credit of a level not less than the specified amount at para E 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.

G In case the Bidder’s unutilized line of credit for fund based and non-fund based limits specified at para E 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 Turn over indicated in foreign currency, the exchange rate as on 7 days prior to the date of bid opening shall be used.

H Notwithstanding anything stated above , the employer reserve the right to assess the capability and capacity of the bidder to perform the contract, should the circumstances warrant such assessment in the overall interest of the Employer.

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In 6.0 NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel / withdraw IFB 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.

7.0 Issuance of bid documents to any bidder shall not construe that such bidder is considered to be qualified.

8.0 a) Small Scale Industries registered for similar work with the National Small Scale Industries Corpn. shall be exempted from payment of tender cost / Earnest Money Deposit. SSI units registered in Odisha . are also entitled for exemption of EMD / Tender Cost. Such parties can sent the request for Tender Documents along with a photocopy of valid registration certificate preferably attested by Gazetted Officer/ Ist Class Magistrate/ notarised, giving details such as validity, stores and monetary limits, failing which they run the risk of their bid being passed over as ineligible for this concession.

b) Small Scale Industries registered with NSIC shall be exempted from payment of Security Deposit up to the monetary limit for which the unit is registered with NSIC.

c) Tender document will be issued free of cost to Micro and Small Enterprises. Such Enterprises are not required to submit EMD, however they have to submit copy of Enterprise Memorandum II issued by DIC/Registration Certificate issued by khadi and village Industries Commission/Coir board/NSIC/Directorate of handicrafts and handloom or any other body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises GOI

d) Tenderers seeking exemption should enclose a photocopy of valid Registration Certificate giving details such as validity, stores and monetary limits to the Package Coordinator / AGM (C&M) at the address given below at least three working days prior to the last date of tender fee payment for getting the authorization for participating in the e-tendering.

9.0 Joint Venture are not Permitted: No Joint venture or consortium of firms shall be allowed and the contractors/suppliers should meet the qualifying requirement themselves.

10.0 Initial steps for participating in our E-tender is as per the table mentioned below:

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New Vendor neither having any vendor code in SAP

nor

any SRM login ID and Password

1. Duly filled Annexure-1 (format given below) and PAN card scanned / photo copy (Self Attested) along with the detailed address should reach us at least seven working days prior to Last Date of Tender Fee Payment.

2. Before download/ viewing the tender document, bidder has to pay requisite tender fee either through payment gate way by clicking on “pay tender fee” after login in our SRM site or send D/D to us directly, which should reach us at least seven working days prior to Last Date of Tender Fee Payment.

Note:

1. The agency can login e-tender site (SRM login site) for participation in our tender after complying to above. The agency can reach our e-tender site( SRM login site) directly through below mentioned address.

https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/bbpstart

They can also reach our e-tender site (SRM login site) through www.ntpctender.com and clicking on Login (e-Tender)

2. Digital Certificate (Class III) is a must for vendors to participate in this tender. For further details regarding this please visit “GUIDELINES TO BIDDERS” in NTPC E-Tender Website. NTPC won’t be responsible for any vendor not having a suitable valid digital certificate.