NTPC Limited

(A Govt. of India Enterprise)

BARH SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT,BARH

District-Patna,State-Bihar,PIN-803215

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

Engagement of agency for Transportation of Coal from Amprapali mine to Banadag Railway Siding & Loading of Coal in Indian Railways Wagons at Banadag Railway Siding for NTPC Barh-II(2X660MW)

Through RCR Mode.

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

IFB/NIT/BI No.: 40044298

Bidding Document No.: BR/CS/15182

1.0 NTPC invites Online Bids on ‘Single Stage Two Envelope’ bidding basis (PART-I: Techno- Commercial Bid & PART-II: Price Bid) from eligible bidders for Engagement of agency for Transportation of Coal from Amprapali mine to Banadag Railway Siding & Loading of Coal in Indian Railways Wagons at Banadag Railway Siding for NTPC Barh-II(2X660MW) Through RCR Mode , as per scope of work.

2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

TRANSPORTATION OF COAL FROM AMRAPALI MINE COAL YARD TO NTPC BARH VIA BANADAG RAILWAY SIDING ON "AS IS WHERE IS BASIS" BY CCL(CENTRAL COALFIELDS LIMITED), THROUGH "RCR" (ROAD CUM RAIL) MODE TO THE TUNE OF 2.5 LAKH M.T. PER MONTH (i.e. 3.0 MMTPA), TO CATER THE COAL REQUIREMENT OF STAGE-II UNITS #4 & #5 (PART). AMRAPALI MINE COAL YARD IS LOCATED IN HAZARIBAGH DISTT OF JHARKHAND STATE.

3.0 NTPC Limited intends to finance the subject package through Own resources.

4.0 Brief Details:

NIT No

40044298

Document sale Commencement Date & Time

29.08.2015 upto 10:00:00 Hrs

Document sale Close Date & Time

15.09.2015 upto 18:00:00 Hrs

Source of IFB/NIT

Barh Super Thermal Power Project

Contract Classification

Service

Last Date and Time for Bid Submission

21.09.2015 upto 14:30:00 Hrs

Technical Opening Date & Time

21.09.2015 upto 15:00:00 Hrs

Price Bid Opening Date and Time

Shall be intimated separately by NTPC.

Cost of Bidding Document in INR

9,450.00

EMD in INR

1.00 Crore

Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time

Not applicable

Last Query Date

19.09.2015

5.0 All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of `1.00 Crore

(Indian Rupees One Crore only). ANY BID NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCEPTABLE BID

SECURITY IN A SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPE SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE EMPLOYER AS BEING NON-RESPONSIVE AND RETURNED TO THE BIDDER WITHOUT BEING OPENED.

6.0 Bid Security and Integrity Pact shall be submitted in a sealed envelope separately offline upto 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.

7.0 Qualification Requirements for Bidders

In addition to the requirements stipulated in Section ITB(Instruction to Bidder), the following shall also apply

7.1.0Technical Criteria:

7.1.1The bidder should have executed work of “Loading, Transportation and Unloading of Coal” as per the following criteria:

i)The bidder must have carried out work of lifting, transportation by road, & loading of rakes for a quantity of at least 1,00,000 MT of coal in any one months and 30 Lakh MT in last 36 months prior to Techno-Commercial Bid opening, against single or multiple orders .

ii)The Bidder should have done loading of coal in to wagons for a quantity of at least 7200 MT per day for a minimum of ten(10) days in a month and for a minimum of 180 days in a year.

iii)The bidder must submit requisite credentials in support of having met the qualifying requirement. A summary sheet of all documents need to be submitted along with the technical offer. Summary Sheet should clearly describe the eligibility credentials. Credentials may include:

1.Purchase order/ work order copies.

2.Work Completion Certificate against purchase order/ Work Order Copies

7.2.0 Financial Criteria:

A.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 INR 238.5 crores.

B.The Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year shall not be less than 100% of the paid up share capital. In case bidder meets the requirement of Net Worth based on the strength of its subsidiary (ies) and/or Holding Company and/or its subsidiary (ies) of Holding Company wherever applicable, the net worth of bidder and its subsidiary (ies) and/or Holding Company and/or its subsidiary (ies) of Holding Company, in combined manner shall 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. For consortiums/joint

ventures, wherever applicable the net worth of all consortium/Joint Venture members in combined manner should not be less than 75% of their respective paid up share capitals.

C. In case the bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on standalone entity basis, the un-audited unconsolidated financial statements of the bidder can be considered acceptable provided the bidder furnishes the following further documents on substantiation of its qualification:

i)Copies of the un-audited 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 Techno-Commercial bid documents, stating that the un-audited unconsolidated financial statements form part of the Consolidated Annual Report of the company.

In case where audited results for the last preceding financial as on the date of the Techno- Commercial Bid opening are not available, the financial results certified by a practicing Charted Accountant shall be considered acceptable. In case, Bidder is not able to submit the Certificate from practicing Charted 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.

Noted for clause 7.2.0:

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.

7.3.0 Notwithstanding 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.

Notes:

The word "executed" means that the bidder should have achieved the progress specified in the QR Clause 7.1.0 even if the total contract is not completed/ closed. The same shall be supported by documentary evidence issued by the owner.

8.0 NTPC 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.

9.0 Prospective Bidders from U.P. State are compulsorily required to provide TIN number at the time of purchase of bidding documents from office of NTPC.

10.0 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 favor of NTPC Ltd., Payable at Barh or directly through the payment gateway at our SRM Site (https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in). 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 along with duly filled in questionnaire for issue of vendor code and SRM user id/password.

Note: No hard copy of Bidding Documents shall be issued.

11.0 Issuance of bid documents to any Bidder shall not construe that such bidder is considered to be qualified. Bids shall be submitted online and opened at the address given below in the presence of Bidder’s representatives who choose to attend the bid opening. Bidder shall furnish Bid Security, Integrity Pact and Power of Attorney and Deed of Joint Undertaking (if applicable) to be executed by the bidder along with associated / collaborator separately offline as detailed in Bidding Documents by the stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below.

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

13.0 Address for communication:

AGM(C&M)

NTPC Ltd Barh.

PO-NTPC Barh.Distt-Patna.

PIN-803215

Phone-06132-240060/240080,Fax-06132-240067,

Contact:i)Sh. Ashok Kumar,DyManager(C&M)-9471000057),e-mail:ashokkumar10@ntpc.co.in

ii)Sh S K Saha,Sr.Manager(C&M)-9471000249,e-mail:sksaha03@ntpc.co.in