NTPC LIMITED

(A Govt. of India Enterprise)

CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

132/33/0.433KV SUBSTATION PACKAGE

FOR

TALAIPALLI COAL MINING PROJECT,

DISTRICT RAIGARH, STATE OF CHHATTISGARH, INDIA

1.0NTPC Limited (NTPC) invites online bids on Single Stage Two Envelope bidding basis (Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid & Envelope-II: Price Bid) from eligible bidders for 132/33/0.433KV Substation Package for Talaipalli Coal Mining Project, Raigarh District, State of Chhattisgarh, India as per the Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.

2.0Brief Scope of Work

The Scope of Work shall comprise, but not be limited to the Design, Engineering, Manufacture, Type Testing and Inspection at Manufacturer’s Works, Packing, Supply, Transportation, Transit Insurance, Delivery to Site including Custom Clearance/Port Clearance (if required), Receipt & Unloading, Handling & Storage, Insurance, In-plant Transportation, Erection including associated Civil, Structural and Architectural Works, Testing & Commissioning of the complete Equipment/ System and Works of Plant and furnishing of Maintenance Equipments and necessary Tools and Tackles and supply of Mandatory Spares as per specifications and scope defined in the bidding documents No. CS-7014-204-09 for 132/33/0.433 kV Substation Package for Talaipalli Coal Mining Project. The Scope of Work comprises of execution of 132/33/0.433 kV Substation works at Talaipalli Coal Mining Project along with associated Electrical, Mechanical & Civil works on Turnkey Basis as per detailed scope of work specified in Bidding Documents.

3.0NTPC intends to finance the subject package through Own 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:

Eleven Thousand Two Hundred

Fifty only) per Set.

The date of opening of Envelope-II (Price Bid) shall be intimated separately by NTPC.

5.0All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of Rs. 85,30,000/-

(Indian Rupees Eighty Five Lakh Thirty Thousand only) in the form as stipulated in bidding documents.

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 BIDDERS WITHOUT BEING

OPENED.

6.0Qualifying Requirements

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

6.1.0 The Bidder should have designed, constructed/erected, tested and commissioned at least one (1) Air insulated Substation/ Switchyard of 132 kV or above voltage class having at least Two (2) bays which should have been in successful operation for minimum two (2) years prior to the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening.

6.2.0Financial Criteria:

6.2.1Financial 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. 304

Million (Indian Rupees Three hundred and Four Million Only) or in equivalent foreign currency.

In case a Bidder does not satisfy the average 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 Holding Company’s Board Resolution, as per the format enclosed in the bid documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

b)Net worth should not be less than 100% (hundred percent) 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 companies wherever applicable, the Net worth of the Bidder and its Subsidiary(ies) and/or Holding Company and/or Subsidiaries of the Holding Company, in combined manner should not be less than 100% (hundred percent) of their paid-up share capital. However

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individually, their Net worth should not be less than 75% (seventy five percent) 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.

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 its 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 Annual financial statements of the Holding Company.

In case where audited results for the last financial year as on 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:

(i)For the purpose of qualifying requirement, one no. of bay shall be considered as a bay used for Line/Transformer/Reactor/Bus coupler/Bus transfer or Bus section and comprising of at least one circuit breaker, two disconnectors and single phase current transformers.

(ii)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.

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

(iv)“Holding Company” and “Subsidiary Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to them as per Companies Act of India.

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 e-Tender Site (https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in). For logging on to the e-Tender Site, the bidder would require user ID and password which can be obtained by submitting a questionnaire available at our e-Tender 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 issuance of user ID and password.

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

Prospective bidders from State of Uttar Pradesh are compulsorily required to provide TIN number at the time of purchase of bidding documents from office of NTPC.

Issuance of bid 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.

9.0Address for Communication:

AGM (CS-IV) / Manager (CS-IV)

Contract Services-IV NTPC Limited, 6th Floor,

Engineering Office Complex,

Plot No.- A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA (State of Uttar Pradesh) PIN - 201301

Ph. No: +91-120-2410552/4946616 Fax Nos. : + 91-120-2410215 / 2410011

Email: vinodchoteliya@ntpc.co.in; dheerendramishra@ntpc.co.in;

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

Registered Office: NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex, 7, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966

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