NTPC Limited

( A Government of India Undertaking )

CORPORATE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

6TH FLOOR ENGINEERING OFFICE COMPLEX

PLOT A-8A , SECTOR 24 , NOIDA-201301 ( UP) INDIA

Invitation of Bid for

“Rate Contract For Supply Of Steel TMT Bars For NTPC Projects, It's Subsidiaries & JVs”

IFB No.: 40040218 Date: 10.06.2015

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NTPC Limited invites tender from the prospective bidders for the aforesaid package as per brief particulars of scope of work and qualifying requirements mentioned herein on Single Stage Two Envelope bidding basis (Envelope-1: Techno- Commercial Bid & Envelope-2: Price Bid) as per the brief Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.

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Name of the work : RATE CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF STEEL TMT BARS FOR NTPC PROJECTS, IT'S SUBSIDIARIES & JVs

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Brief Scope of Work:-

The scope of work shall Supply Of Steel TMT Bars as per detail mentioned in the Bid Price Schedule for NTPC Projects, it's Subsidiaries & JVs

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BIDDING TYPE- Single Stage Two Envelope

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Bid Document No

CS-0000-200B (2)-9

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Document Sale Commencement Date

10.06.2015

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Document Sale Close Date & Time

30.06.2015 upto 17:30hrs

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Bid Receipt date & time

14.07.2015 at 14:30 hrs.

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Bid Opening date & time

14.07.2015 at 15:00 hrs.

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Cost of tender document

Rs 22,500.00 (Rupees Twenty Two Thousand Five Hundred only) in the form of DD / Pay Order drawn in favour of NTPC Limited payable at Noida / New Delhi / through online payment gateway of NTPC.

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EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT

Rs.1,00,00,000.00 (RUPEES ONE CRORE ONLY)

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All bids must be accompanied with Earnest Money Deposit, in the form stipulated in the bidding documents. ANY BID NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCEPTABLE EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT IN A SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPE SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE OWNER AS BEING NON-RESPONSIVE AND RETURNED TO THE BIDDERS WITHOUT BEING OPENED.

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QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the satisfactory fulfillment of the requirements stipulated under section ITB (Instructions to Bidders), the following shall also apply.

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Bidder should be a regular manufacturer of Reinforcement Steel (TMT BARS) for the last two years as on date of submission of techno-commercial bids. Bidder should also be a registered licensee with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at the time of submission of techno commercial bids.

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The Bidder should be integrated steel producer which means that the Bidder should be a Primary Steel Producer, having a minimum capacity of one million tones per annum (mtpa) in terms of crude steel.

NOTE: The “Primary Steel Producer” shall mean Steel Producer of any capacity, irrespective of process route, starting their operations from iron making using iron ore, virgin or processed, with necessary refining facilities and rolling/processing facilities, at a single location or else in multiple locations provided that the entire gamut of iron & steel production, from iron making to finished steel production, is owned by the same company or its subsidiary company(ies). Provided that the iron making capacity is sufficiently matching the steel making capacity. Further, downsteam units should use material from the upstream units of the same company or its subsidiaries.

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Financial parameters of the Bidder

(a) The average annual turnover of the Bidder in the preceding three (3) completed financial years as on date of Techno-Commercial bid opening should not be less than Rs. 4280.00 Million (Rupees Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Million).

(b) The Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year should not be less than 25% of its paid-up share capital.

(c) In case the Bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on standalone entity basis, the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder can be considered acceptable provided the Bidder furnishes the following additional 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 its 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 Financial Statements 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 clause 6.3(a) and / or 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 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 its holding company, supported by Board Resolution of the holding company, as per the format enclosed in the Bid document, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

(e) The 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 its Bankers should not be less than Rs. 1330 Million (Indian Rupees One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty million only). 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 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 should certify that out of the aforesaid limits certified by its bankers, the Bidder should 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 bid document, 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 document, 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 bid document 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 reserves means all reserves credited out of the profits and share premium account but do not include reserves credited out of the re-valuation of assets, write back of depreciation provisions and amalgamation. Further any debit balance of Profit & Loss account and miscellaneous expenses to the extent not adjusted or written off, if any, shall be reduced from Reserves & Surplus.

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

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A complete set of Bidding documents may be downloaded by any interested Bidder on payment (non refundable) of the cost of the bidding documents as mentioned above in the form of a Crossed Account Payee Demand Draft in favor of NTPC Limited, payable at New Delhi/Noida or directly through the payment gateway at our SRM Site (https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/bbpstart).

In order to be able to download the bidding documents the prospective bidders shall be required to compulsorily register themselves with the NTPC website which shall be a one time process.

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.

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Issuance 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.

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

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Notwithstanding any thing stated above, NTPC reserves the right to assess the bidder’s capability & capacity to perform the contract, should the circumstances warrant such an assessment in the overall interest of NTPC and the decision of NTPC in this regard shall be final & binding. NTPC also reserves the right to verify the claims made by Bidders.

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

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NTPC shall not be responsible for any postal delay, loss or non receipt of documents sent through post or courier.

ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION :

DGM (Corp. Materials)

NTPC Limited,

Engineering Office Complex, 6th Floor

Plot A-8A, Sector -24,

Noida - 201 301 (UP) - India

Alternative Address

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NTPC Limited,

Engineering Office Complex, 6th Floor

Plot A-8A, Sector -24,

Noida - 201 301 (UP) - India

Phone:- 0120 - 4948624, 2410340 & 4946828 Fax :- 0120 – 2410026

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