NTPC LIMITED

(A Government of India Enterprise)

CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA

INVITATION FOR BIDS

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

FOR

WAGON TIPPLERS AND CONVEYING PLANT PACKAGE

FOR

TALCHER SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION LOCATED AT TALCHER - KANIHA, DISTT. ANGUL, STATE OF ODISHA, INDIA

IFB No.: 40034523

Date: 05.03.2015

Bidding Doc. No: CS-4300-155C-9

1.0NTPC Limited (NTPC) invites online bids from eligible bidders for the aforesaid package on Two Stage bidding basis (Stage-I: Techno-Commercial Bid & Stage-II: Price Bid) as per the brief Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.

2.0BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The brief scope of Wagon tipplers and conveying Plant package for Talcher Super Thermal Power Station shall cover detailed design, engineering, manufacture, shop fabrication, assembly, testing and inspection at manufacturer’s works, packing, dispatch, transportation, transit insurance, custom clearance etc. as

applicable, delivery to site, unloading, handling and storage at site, insurance during storage, construction, erection including erection supervision, testing, inspection, commissioning and handing over to Employer and Guarantee testing including all associated electrical, civil, structural and architectural works and supply of mandatory spares.

The detailed scope of work is specified in Technical Specifications (Section-VI) of bidding documents for the subject package.

3.0NTPC intends to finance “WAGON TIPPLERS AND CONVEYING PLANT Package for TALCHER STPS” through “DCB / Internal Resources”.

4.0Detailed scope of work, specifications and terms & conditions are given in the Bidding Documents which are available for examination and sale at the address given below as per the following schedule:

IFB No.

 

 

40034523

 

 

 

 

 

 

IFB Date

 

 

05.03.2015

 

 

 

 

Document Sale Commencement Date

09.03.2015

 

 

 

 

 

Document Sale Close Date & Time

 

30.03.2015

17:30:00 (IST)

 

 

 

 

Source of IFB/NIT

 

EOC Noida Office

Contract Classification

 

Equipment Supply & Erection

 

 

 

Last date for seeking Query by Bidders

06.04.2015

 

Last Date and Time for Stage-I Bid

27.04.2015

14:30:00 (IST)

submission

 

 

 

 

Stage-I

(Techno-commercial

Bid)

27.04.2015

15:00:00 (IST)

Opening Date & Time

 

 

 

Price Bid Opening Date & Time

 

Shall be Intimated Separately

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rs.22,500/- (Indian Rupees Twenty

Cost of Bidding Documents in INR

 

Two Thousand Five Hundred only) per

 

 

 

set

 

 

 

 

Rs.1,93,38,000 (Indian Rupees One

Bid Security

 

Crore Ninety Three Lakh Thirty Eight

 

 

 

Thousand Only)

Funding Source

 

DCB / Internal Resources

4.1Prospective Bidders from UP state are compulsorily required to provide TIN number at the time of purchase of bidding documents from Office of NTPC.

5.0Bid Security for an amount equivalent to Rs.1,93,38,000 (Indian Rupees One Crore Ninety Three Lakh Thirty Eight Thousand Only) in the form as stipulated

in bidding documents 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 in a separate sealed envelope shall be rejected by the Employer/NTPC as being treated as non-responsive by the employer and shall not be opened.

6.0Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

In addition to the requirements stipulated in Section ITB (Instructions to Bidders), the following shall also apply:

6.1The Bidder should have designed, manufactured, supplied, erected and commissioned at least one (1) number of side discharge wagon tippler suitable

for tippling Indian Railway Wagons used for transportation of coal or other minerals which should have been in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening.

AND

6.2The Bidder should have designed, manufactured/got manufactured, erected and commissioned at least one (1) number integrated bulk material handling plant (essentially comprising of conveying) including all associated structural steel works and electrical works if 1000 Metric tonnes per hour rated capacity or above for coal

or other minerals of equivalent volumetric capacity which should have been in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date of Techno- Commercial bid opening.

6.3 Financial Criteria of Bidder :

a)The average Annual turnover of the Bidder in the preceding three (3) financial years as on the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening, should not be less than Rs.815 million (Indian Rupees Eight Hundred and fifteen million only).

b)The Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year should not be less than 25% (twenty five percent) of its 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 further furnishes the following 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 the Holding Company.

(ii)A Certificate from the CEO/CFO of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed with the bidding documents, stating that the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements form part of the consolidated financial statement of the Holding 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 clause 6.3(a) and/ or clause 6.3(b) above on its own, its Holding Company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at Clause 6.3(a) above, provided that the Net Worth of such Holding Company as on the last day of the preceding financial year is atleast 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 Techno-Commercial bid, a Letter of Undertaking from its Holding Company, supported by Board Resolution of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed in the bidding 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 Techno-Commercial bid opening, duly certified by its Bankers should not be less than Rs.433 million (Indian Rupees Four hundred and thirtythree million only).

In case certificates from more than one bank are submitted, the certified unutilized limits should 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 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 its bankers’, the Bidder shall have access to the line of credit of a level not less than the specified amount at clause 6.3(e) above. In proof of this, the Bidder would be required to furnish along with its Techno-Commercial 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 with the bidding 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 clause 6.3(e) above is not sufficient, a comfort letter from one of the bankers specified in the bidding 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 at clause 6.3(e) above to the Bidder or to the Treasury Centre as the case may be, shall be acceptable.

NOTES for clause 6.3 above:

(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.

6.4Notwithstanding 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.

7.0NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel/withdraw the Invitation for Bids without assigning any reason whatsoever and in such case no bidder/intending bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action.

8.0A 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 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 questionnaire for issue of vendor code and SRM user id/password.

9.0Issuance 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.

10.0Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not permissible.

11.0Address for Communication:

AGM (CS-I) / DGM (CS-I) / Manager (CS-I) NTPC Limited,

6th Floor, Engineering Office Complex, A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA,

Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, (UP), INDIA Pin - 201 301.

Fax No.: +91-120 - 2410011 / 2410335

Tel. No.: +91-120 - 4946692/4946641/4946613

E-mail: deepakjayal@ntpc.co.in or skjambhale@ntpc.co.in, or snjha@ntpc.co.in.

Websites: www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in or https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in

12.0Registered Office

NTPC Limited

NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex,

7, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110003

Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in