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NTPC Limited

(A Government of India Enterprise)

Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)

FOR

CONSTRUCTION OF STARTER ASH DYKE, LAGOON-IIID, KAHALGAON

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

NIT No: 40048283	Date:29.11.2015
Bidding Document No: CS:8872

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

2.0Brief Details

NIT No.	40048283
NIT Date	29.11.2015
Document Sale Commencement Date & Time	29.11.2015 18:07:21
Document Sale Close Date & Time	12.12.2015 17:30:00
Source of IFB/NIT	Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power
Contract Classification	Works Contract
Last Date and Time for Bid submission	24.12.2015 15:30:00
Technical Opening Date & Time	24.12.2015 15:31:00
Bid Opening Date & Time	25.12.2015 15:31:00
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR	9,450.00
EMD in INR	3751000.00
Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time (if any)
Last Query Date (if any)	17.12.2015

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 KAHALGAON 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.

5.0 Brief Scope of Work & other specific detail Scope of work:-

1.The drawings attached to this document provide a general idea about the work to be performed under the scope of this contract. These are preliminary drawings for tender purpose only and are by no means the final drawings and do not show the full range of the work under the scope. The details given in the tender drawings are tentative and likely to be change during detail engineering. No compensation whatsoever shall be payable to the contractor on account of these changes. The work has to be executed as per the construction drawings issued by the Engineer-in-charge with additions and modifications made from time to time as and when required and approved by the Engineer-in-charge

2.The detail scope of work covered under the package has also been specified in relevant clauses of Technical Specification.

3.The agency has to make all arrangements at his own cost like pumping out of water, temporary divide bandh etc. In case of emergency discharge from the Ash pipe laid along the Lagoon-IIIA, IIIB & IIIC to avoid stoppage/damage of running work.

4.The earth required for Item No-10.50 of BOQ has to be arranged by the Contractor outside the NTPC premises at their own cost including excavation, loading, unloading, transportation and including payment of all duties, taxes & royalty etc. to the statutory bodies. Contractor shall required to be identify the borrow pit and get approved by the EIC before carryout the job. Nothing extra payment shall be for the same.

5.Agency has to arrange a vehicle along with a license holder driver on regular basis for inspection and sampling for Quality control work.Enabling Works:-

All the equipments, labour, materials including the structural steel required for the enabling works associated with the entire contract shall have to be arranged by the contractor only. Nothing extra shall be paid to the Contractor on this account and the unit rates quoted by the Contractor for various items in the schedule of items shall be deemed to include the cost of enabling works.Handing Over of Site:

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:

9.0 Qualifying Requirements of Bidders:

1.0.0 Technical Criteria

1.1.0Bidder should have executed the following works within the preceding seven (7) years prior to the date of Techno-commercial bid opening :

1.1.1Construction of at least #one earthen dam work# or #ash dyke work# or #reservoir embankment work# of maximum height not less than 5.0 m(five meter), in one contract

AND

1.1.2A cumulative progress of at least 3.30 Lacs Cu.M(Three Lakhs Thirty Thousand Cum) of earthwork in earthen dam work or ash dyke work or reservoir embankment or canal embankment work in any one (1) year period, in one (1) or maximum two (2) concurrently running contracts.

Notes: The following notes (a to k) explain in detail the intention of various terms in qualifying requirements:

a)Earth dams, ash dykes and reservoir embankments, which are designed as water retaining structures, shall be qualified for this work. However, canal embankments, guide bunds along water courses shall be considered for qualification under clause 1.1.2 only. All other types of earth works such as road embankments, railway embankments, site leveling works etc. shall not be qualified.

b)Sand / substitute filter media as filter either in chimney or in blanket or both; used in embankment shall be considered in earthwork quantity calculations. Rock toe shall not be considered.

c)For embankments/reservoir/dyke, the height and quantities shall be considered above formation level upto dyke top for qualifying requirements purpose. However, in case of ash dyke raising works, for both inward / upstream & outward / center line methods, the height of dyke shall be considered from the stripped level of ash inside the lagoon for qualifying requirement purpose.

Formation level means bottom of stripped level for the dyke formation. The earth work in cut off trench (COT) shall be included for quantity estimation for qualifying requirement under clause 1.1.2. However, the depth of COT shall not be considered for the height calculation for qualifying requirement under clause 1.1.1.

d)Wherever the ash dykes and other embankments are constructed in different contracts, the height applicable to individual contract only and not the cumulative effect shall be considered for the purpose of determining compliance of clause 1.1.1. For example where the contract is for raising an embankment, only the raising portion shall be considered and not the earlier starter dyke.

e)In clause 1.1.0 above, the word #executed# means the Bidder should have achieved the criteria specified in the qualifying requirements within the preceding seven (7) year period even if the contract has been started earlier and /or is not completed / closed.

f)In clause 1.1.1 above, Bidder should have constructed entire 5.0m height of embankment work specified in the qualifying requirements, within the preceding seven (7) years period, even if the contract has been started earlier and/ or is not completed /closed.

g)The #one (1) year period# means any continuous 12 months period. However, for two (2) concurrent works the same 12 months period shall be considered.

h)In case of works stipulated in 1.1.2 above the word #earthwork# shall mean earth /ash. The quantity of earth work filling only will be considered for qualification.

i)Reference works executed by the Bidder, as a member of Joint Venture / Consortium/ Associate can also be considered provided:

The allocation of scope of work between the partners of the Joint Venture / Consortium/ Associate is clearly defined in the executed Joint Venture agreement/ Consortium Agreement/ Deed of Joint Undertaking and Bidder#s scope of work and break-up of quantities executed by them as individual contribution in the Joint Venture / Consortium/ Associate, duly authenticated by the Project Authority(owner of the work), meet the relevant provisions of qualifying requirement.

In case the reference work has been executed by the Bidder in an integrated Joint Venture wherein allocation of scope of work and break-up of quantities between the partners is not clearly specified in the integrated Joint Venture Agreement, then for Clause 1.1.2 above, the credit of executed quantities can be claimed by the bidder in the ratio of bidder#s share in the integrated Joint Venture Agreement, provided the bidder establishes that it regularly undertakes works as at Clause 1.1.2 above. The executed works/ quantities by integrated Joint Venture shall be duly authenticated by the Project Authority (owner of the work). However, the bidder will not be eligible to claim the credit of executed work by integrated Joint Venture for Clause 1.1.1 above.

j)Reference work executed by a Bidder as a sub-contractor may also be considered provided the certificate issued by main contractor is duly certified by Project Authority (owner of the work)specifying the scope of work executed by the sub-contractor in support of qualifying requirements.

k)Construction at clause 1.1.1 includes raising of ash dyke also.

2.0.0 Financial Criteria of the Bidder

(a) The average annual turnover of the Bidder, in the preceding three (03) financial years as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening, should not be less than Rs. 125 Millions (Indian Rupees One Hundred Twenty Five Millions only).

In case a Bidder does not satisfy the annual turnover criteria, stipulated above on its own, its Holding Company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements as 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 the Holding Company, supported by the Holding Company#s Board Resolution, as per the format enclosed in the techno-commercial bid documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

(b) The Net worth of the bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year of the date of Techno-commercial Bid opening shall not be less than 100% of the bidders paid up share capital. In case the Bidder meets the requirement of Net worth based on the strength of its Subsidiary(ies) and/or Holding Company and/or Subsidiary (ies) of the 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. For consortiums/ Joint ventures, wherever applicable, the Net worth of all consortiums/ Joint venture members in combined manner should not be less than 100% of their paid up share capital. However, individually their Net worth should not be less than 75% of their respective paid up share capitals.

(c)For Joint Ventures/ Consortiums, all the partners of the Joint Venture/Consortium shall be collectively required to meet the turnover criteria.

(d)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 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 Financial Statements of the company.

In cases where audited results for the last financial year as on the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening are not available, the financial results certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant shall be considered acceptable. In case, Bidder is not able to submit the Certificate from a 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. Further, a certificate would be required from the CEO/CFO as per the format enclosed in the bidding documents stating that the Financial results of the Company are under audit as on the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening and the certificate from the practicing Chartered Accountant certifying the financial parameters is not available.

NOTES FOR CLAUSE 2.0.0 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 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.

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 NIT 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

ADDL. GENERAL MANAGER(CS) NTPC LIMITED,

KAHALGAON SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION, POST : KAHALGAON STPP

DIST : BHAGALPUR, BIHAR-813214

Websites: https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/bbpstart or www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in