NTPC Limited

NTPC LIMITED

(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

RENEWABLE ENERGY - CONTRACTS, NOIDA

ABRIDGED INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR

DEVELOPMENT OF 750 MW( 6x125 MW EACH ) Solar PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PROJECT (PHASE-II) AT ANANTPUR IN ANDHRA PRADESH INDIA

(International Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.:NTPC-2015-TN000007 Date: 21.08.2015

Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5712-004-9(R)

1.0 NTPC invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single Stage Two Envelope bidding basis (Techno-Commercial Bid & Price Bid) with Reverse Auction for Development of aforesaid Project, as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter:

2.0 Brief Details

IFB No.	NTPC-2015-TN000007
IFB Date	21.08.2015
Document Sale Commencement Date	28.08.2015
Document Sale Close Date & Time	28.09.2015	17:00:00 (IST)
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid and Price Bid.	29.10.2015	14:30:00 (IST)
Date and time of Opening of Techno-commercial Bid.	29.10.2015	15:00:00 (IST)
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR	2000/-
Last Query Date	05.10.2015
Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time	07.10.2015		10:30:00 (IST)
Bid Security in INR	6,96,59,000/-
Funding Source	Domestic/ Own Resources

3.0 Bid Security and Integrity Pact shall be submitted in a sealed envelope separately in physical form by the stipulated bids 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.

4.0 A complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded by any interested Bidder after getting registered with TCIL and on payment (non-refundable) of the cost of the documents as mentioned above in the form of a crossed account Payee demand draft in favor of NTPC Ltd., payable at New Delhi. Bidders are required to approach NTPC at least three working days prior to Document Sale Close date for furnishing the Demand Draft toward cost of bid documents.

Note: No hard copy of bidding documents shall be issued.

5.0 Brief Scope of Work

The Brief Scope of work for the subject package is as follows:

Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply, Packing and Forwarding, Transportation, Unloading, Storage, Installation and Commissioning of grid connected minimum a.c. capacity of 125 MW Solar PV based power project on turnkey basis (to be awarded to multiple bidders in single/multiple blocks of 125 MW each).

Bidder shall provide comprehensive operation & maintenance of the plant & transmission system for a period of five years from the date of successful completion of trial run.

The scope includes the following:

Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation, unloading storage, installation, testing and commissioning of crystalline silicon Solar Photo Voltaic Plant.

Power conditioning system including, Inverters, DC and AC circuit breaker etc.

All associated electrical works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. transformer(s), breakers, isolators, panels, protection system, cables. metering at 33 kV level, earthing of transformer etc.).

Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.

Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes

Water supply arrangement for water washing including supply and installation of water washing system

Design and construction of foundation & mounting structure for SPV panels.

Construction of internal roads, pathways and drainage system.

All associated civil work like air conditioned Control room & Inverter rooms with all electrical fitting and furniture, fencing of SPV plant, security cabin etc.

SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of SPV panels with all hardware & software.

Power evacuation upto the terminal point as specified in technical specifications.

Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipments, consumables and spare parts for a period of five years from the date of successful completion of trial run.

Supply of Mandatory spares.

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

7.0 Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

In addition to the requirements stipulated under section Instruction to bidder (ITB), the bidder should also meet the qualifying requirements stipulated hereunder in clauses 1.1 or 1.2 or 1.3 as the case may be and Clause 2.0.

TECHNICAL CRITERIA
1. The bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection and commissioned/ supervised commissioning of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based grid connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40MWp or above, out of which at least one plant should have been of 10MWp capacity or above. The reference plant of 10 MWp or above capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

1.2 The bidder should be a developer of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based grid connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40MWp or above, out of which at least one plant should have been of 10MWp capacity or above. The reference plant of 10 MWp or above capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

1.3 (a) The bidder should have executed in the last ten (10) years an industrial project either as developer or as EPC Contractor in the area of power/ steel/ oil and gas/ petro-chemical/ fertilizer and/ or any other process industry, of a value of Rs. 240 Crore or more in a single project or work respectively and the same should be in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

AND

(b) The bidder should have executed at least one (1) Electrical Sub-station of 33 kV or above voltage level, consisting of equipment such as 33kV or above voltage level circuit breakers, HT cables & terminations and Power transformer, either as developer or as EPC Contractor which should be in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

The works referred to at clause 1.3 (a) & 1.3 (b) can be same or different projects.

Notes:

The reference SPV based grid connected power plant of 10MWp or above capacity should be at a single location developed by Bidder for itself or any other client.
SPV based Roof-top solar power projects, which are grid connected, shall also be considered eligible for QR purposes.
Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and operation from the Owner.
Projects executed by Bidder’s group company, Holding Company or Subsidiary Company shall not be considered as Bidder’s experience for meeting the QR.
In case the award for the reference works has been received by the Bidder either directly from owner of plant or any other intermediary organization, a certificate from such owner of plant or the intermediary organization shall be required to be furnished by the Bidder along with its techno-commercial bid in support of its claim of meeting requirement stipulated above. Certificate from owner of the plant shall also be furnished by the Bidder for successful operation of the reference plant.
In case of developer as bidder in clause 1.3, the documentary evidence (certified by Chartered Accountant) for value of executed reference work must be submitted by the bidder.
Developer means an entity who has either executed or got executed the work/ project as owner of facility.

FINANCIAL CRITERIA
1. The average annual turnover of the Bidder, in the preceding three (3) financial years as on the date of opening of techno-commercial bids, should not be less than INR 2829 Million (Indian Rupees Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Million Only) or in equivalent foreign currency.
2. The Net Worth of the Bidder should not be less than 100% of the Bidder’s paid up share capital as on the last day of the preceding financial year. In case the Bidder meets the requirement of Net Worth based on the strength of its Subsidiary(ies) and/or Holding Company and/or Subsidiaries of its Holding Company wherever applicable, the Net Worth of the Bidder and its Subsidiary(ies) and/or Holding Company and /or Subsidiary(ies) of the Holding Company, in combined manner should not be less than 100% of their total paid up share capital. However, individually, their Net Worth should not be less than 75% of their respective paid up share capitals.

Net worth in combined manner shall be calculated as follows:

Net worth (combined) = (X1+ X2+X3) / (Y1+Y2+Y3) X 100% where X1, X2,X3 are individual Net worth which should not be less than 75% of the respective paid up share capitals and Y1,Y2,Y3 are individual paid up share capitals.

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 further furnishes the following documents on substantiation of its qualification:

(a) Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of its Holding Company.

(b) Certificate from the CEO/ CFO of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed in the bidding 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. In case, Bidder is notable to submit the Certificate from practicing Chartered Accountant certifying its financial parameters, the audited results of three consecutive financial years preceding the last financial year shall be considered for evaluating the financial parameters.

In case a Bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated at clause 2.1 above on its own, its Holding Company would required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at clause 2.1 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 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.

Notes for Clause 2.0:

“Holding Company” and “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning ascribed to them as per Companies Act, 2013, in vogue.

ii 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 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.

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

8.0 Issuance of Bidding Documents to any bidder shall not construe that bidder is considered qualified. Bids shall be submitted online and opened at the address given below . Bidder shall furnish Bid Security, Power of Attorney, Integrity pact in physical form as detailed in Bidding Documents before the stipulated Techno-Commercial bid submission closing date and time at the address given below.

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 Transfer of Bidding Document purchased by one intending bidder to another is not permissible.

11.0 Address for Communication

For the detailed IFB please visit at www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in. Interested parties are requested to ensure that they have downloaded the official copy of Bid documents from below mentioned website of TCIL after getting registered with TCIL for above tender without which they will not be able to submit their bids. For further details please visit at https://www.tcil-india-electronictender.com ( Tender Search code-NTPC-2015-TN…………….. for technical assistance call TCIL Helpdesk at 011-26202699), or may contact General Manager (Renewable Energy-Contract Services) / Addl General Manager (Renewable Energy-Contract Services), NTPC Limited, 3rd Floor, Engineering Office Complex, A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA, Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, (UP), India, Pin-201301 on Telephone No. +91-120-2410246 , Fax: +91-120-2410251 email:

aseemjain@ntpc.co.in / rkgupta07@ntpc.co.in or at office.

Registered Office: NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE COMPLEX, 7, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003, Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in

TECHNICAL CRITERIA

FINANCIAL CRITERIA

The average annual turnover of the Bidder, in the preceding three (3) financial years as on the date of opening of techno-commercial bids, should not be less than INR 2829 Million (Indian Rupees Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Million Only) or in equivalent foreign currency.

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 further furnishes the following documents on substantiation of its qualification:

(a) Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of its Holding Company.