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NTPC Limited

(A Government of India Enterprise)

EOC Noida Office

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

Supply, installation and Commissioning of Atomic Force Microscope for NETRA, Greater Noida. (International Competitive Bidding)

IFB No: 40034078

Date:13.02.2015

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

2.0Brief Details

IFB No.	40034078
IFB Date	13.02.2015
Document Sale Commencement Date & Time	13.02.2015 10:30:00
Document Sale Close Date & Time	16.03.2015 17:30:00
Source of IFB/NIT	EOC Noida Office
Contract Classification	Admn. Works & Purchase
Last Date and Time for Bid submission	31.03.2015 14:30:00
Technical Opening Date & Time	31.03.2015 15:00:00
Bid Opening Date & Time	30.04.2015 11:00:00
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR	1,125.00
EMD in INR	50000.00
Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time (if any)
Last Query Date (if any)	24.03.2015
EMD in USD	900.00
Cost of Bidding Documents in USD for foreign bidder	25.00
Funding Source	Internal Resources

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

#Supply of Atomic Force Microscope along with accessories.

#Installation and commissioning of the equipment and all accessories.

#Training for (i) use of features & capabilities of the supplied system (ii) Use of the equipment for surface topography, 3D imaging and other measurements and its interpretation (iii) General operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of the equipment and accessories.

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 should be a manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscope.

An authorized dealer / distributor / channel partner of the manufacturer [as defined at Para 7.1] as on date of opening of Techno -Commercial proposal and such bidder should be duly authorized by the OEM for this tender.

7.2The bidder and/or their manufacturer should have successfully executed any one of the following similar jobs during preceding five years as on the date of Techno Commercial bid opening.

a)Single order of min # 1.971 Million [Rupees One Million Nine Hundred Seventy One Thousand] or equivalent in foreign currency or

b)Two orders of min # 1.232 Million [Rupees One Million Two Hundred Thirty Two Thousand] or equivalent in foreign currency each.

c)Three orders of min # 0.985 Million [Rupees Nine Hundred Eighty Five Thousand] or equivalent in foreign currency each. NOTES:-

01. For order in foreign currency, the exchange rate as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening shall be used.

02. Similar jobs means supply, installation and/or commissioning of #Minimum 01 No. of Atomic Force Microscope along with or without accessories#.

03. The work executed means the bidder should have achieved the criterion specified in the QR, even if the total contract is started earlier and/or not completed/closed and should have supplied and commissioned at least one number of Atomic Force Microscope along with or without accessories as in 7.2 above.

04. In case of contracts under execution as on date of Techno # Commercial bid opening, the value of work executed till the date of Techno # Commercial bid opening will be considered provided the value of executed work is certified by the client as completed.

7.3 Financial Criteria

The 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 # 9.853 Million [Rupees Nine Million Eight Hundred Fifty Three Thousand] or in equivalent foreign currency. NOTES :-

01. While computing the annual turn over, other income shall not be considered.

02. For Turnover indicated in foreign currency, the exchange rate as on 7 days prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening shall be used.

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

04. In case bid is submitted by the agent on behalf of their manufacturer and order for the main equipment is to be placed on manufacturer, the turn over of the manufacturer can also be considered.

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 Invitation For Bids (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.

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,