DETAILED NOTICE INVITING TENDER

NTPC Limited

(A Govt. of India Enterprise)

CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)

FOR

BALANCE WORK OF ASH DYKE PACKAGE

FOR

SOLAPUR SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT (2X660 MW)

LOCATED AT

SOLAPUR, DISTRICT SOLAPUR STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: 40057863

Date: 03.06.2016

Bidding Document No.: CS-9571-331(R)-9

1.0NTPC invites Online Bids on Single Stage Two Envelope bidding basis (Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid & Envelope-II: Price Bid) from eligible bidders for Balance Work of Ash Dyke Package for Solapur Super Thermal Power Project (2x660 MW) situated at Solapur in Solapur District, State of Maharashtra, as per scope of work mentioned hereinafter. The estimated cost for the package is

INR 9881.58 Lakhs.

2.0BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work includes the construction of Balance work of starter ash dyke, covering two storage lagoons & one common over flow lagoon for bottom ash slurry disposal and one storage lagoon & sedimentation basin for fly ash disposal by HCSD system. Construction of two well type water escape structures & spillways is envisaged for decanting the water. One elevated RCC discharge channel is to be constructed for decantation of one of the lagoon to OFL.

The detailed scope of work shall be as per specifications and scope defined in the bidding document No. CS-9571-331(R)-9 for Balance Work of Ash Dyke Package for Solapur Super Thermal Power Project (2x660 MW).

3.0NTPC intends to finance the subject package through Domestic Commercial Borrowings/Own Resources.

4.0Detailed specification, scope of work and terms & conditions are given in the bidding documents. Brief details are as under:

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a)	Date of issue of NIT	03.06.2016
b)	Sale of Bid Documents	03.06.2016 to 23.06.2016
c)	Last date for receipt of queries from	30.06.2016
	Bidders
d)	Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time	01.07.2016, 1000 hrs
e)	Last Date & Time for submission of bids	14.07.2016 upto 1500 hrs (IST)
	(both Techno-Commercial and Price)
f)	Date & Time for opening of Techno-	14.07.2016 at 1530 hrs (IST)
	Commercial Bids
g)	Date & Time for opening of Price Bids	Shall be intimated separately
		by NTPC
h)	Cost of Bidding Document	INR 9,000/- (Indian Rupees
		Nine Thousand only)
i)	Estimated Cost of Work	INR 9881.58 Lakhs (excluding
		owner issue material)

5.0All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security/ Earnest Money Deposit for an amount of INR 2,19,60,000/-(Indian Rupees Two Crores Nineteen Lakh and Sixty Thousand Only). Bid Security, Letter of Undertaking and Integrity Pact 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, Letter of Undertaking and Integrity Pact shall be treated as non-responsive by the employer and shall not be opened.

6.0BENEFITS / EXEMPTIONS TO SUPPLIES FOR MEGA POWER PROJECTS

Solapur Super Thermal Power Project (2x660 MW) has been declared as Mega Power Project by Ministry of Power (Govt. Of India). Accordingly, supplies of goods for this package shall be eligible for the benefits / exemptions as per provisions of relevant policy & Notifications of Govt. of India.

7.0Qualification Requirements for Bidders

1.0.0The bidders who wish to participate in the bidding shall satisfactorily establish that they fulfill the following Qualifying Requirements:

1.1.0Bidder should have executed the following works within the preceding seven (7) years reckoned as on the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening:

1.1.1At least one earthen dam work or ash dyke work or reservoir embankment work of maximum height not less than 10.0 m, in one contract and,

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1.1.2A cumulative progress of at least 6.7 Lacs Cu.M 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 j) 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 full 10.0m 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.

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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 clause 1.1.2 above the word “earthwork” shall mean earth /ash. The quantity of earth work in 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, 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. However, the bidder will not be eligible to claim the credit of executed work by integrated Joint Venture for Clause 1.1.1 above, unless the bidder has individually executed the work meeting the requirement of Clause 1.1.1 above and which has been duly authenticated by the Project Authority.

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 specifying the scope of work executed by the sub- contractor in support of qualifying requirements.

2.0.0 Financial criteria:

(a)The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than Rs. 730.0 Millions (Indian Rupees seven hundred Thirty Millions only) during the preceding three (3) completed financial years as on date of Techno-Commercial bid opening.

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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 bid documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

(b)Net worth of the bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year (reckoned on the date of techno-commercial bid opening) should not be less than 100% of the bidder’s paid up share capital. In case the Bidder does not satisfy the Net worth criteria on its own, it can meet the requirement of Net worth based on the strength of its Subsidiary(ies) and/or Holding Company and/or Subsidiary(ies) of its Holding Companies 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.

(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 in the bid documents, stating that the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements form part of the Consolidated Annual 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

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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.

8.0NTPC 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.

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

10.0A 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 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.

11.0Issuance 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, Letter of Undertaking and Power of Attorney separately offline as detailed in Bidding

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Documents by the stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below.

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

13.0Address for communication:

DGM (CS-II) / Dy. Manager (CS-II) NTPC Limited,

6th Floor, Engineering Office Complex, A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA,

Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, (UP), INDIA Pin - 201 301.

Fax No.: +91-120 - 2410284/2410011 Tel. No.: +91-120 - 4946677/4948607

E-mail: psubbaraju@ntpc.co.in / kavishminocha@ntpc.co.in Websites: www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in

or https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in

14.0Registered Office

NTPC Limited

NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex, 7, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110003

Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in

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