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DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID

NTPC LIMITED

(A GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

ULTRAFILTRATION PLANT PACKAGE

FOR

NTPC TAMIL NADU ENERGY COMPANY LTD. (NTECL)

[VALLUR THERMAL POWER PROJECT (3X500 MW)]

LOCATED BETWEEN ENNORE CREEK AND KURUVIMEDU VILLAGE OF

PONNERI TALUK OF THIRUVALLUR DISTRICT

STATE OF TAMILNADU, INDIA

(INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING)

IFB No. : 40058403

Date: 11.06.2016

Bidding Document No.: CS-0260-132G-2

1.0NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Ltd. (NTECL), a joint venture (JV) Company between NTPC Limited and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, has been setting-up a 2x500MW + 1X500MW Coal based Thermal Power Project at Ennore in Tamil Nadu.

1.1NTPC Ltd. (NTPC), on behalf of NTECL, invites online Bids on Two Stage Bidding Basis (Stage-I: Techno-Commercial Bid & Stage-II: Price Bid) from eligible bidders for aforesaid Package, as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter:

2.0BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of Ultrafiltration Plant Package to be supplied, erected and commissioned under this specification shall be as detailed hereinafter. The Contractor shall be fully responsible for system and detailed design, engineering, manufacture, shop fabrication, assembly, testing and inspection at manufacturer’s works, packing, dispatch, transportation, transit insurance, custom clearance etc. as applicable, delivery to site, unloading, handling and storage at site, insurance during storage, construction, erection, including erection supervision, testing, inspection, commissioning and handing over to Employer and Guarantee testing including all Associated electrical, civil, structural & architectural works.

The detailed scope of work is specified in Technical Specifications (Section-VI).

3.0NTPC intends to finance the subject package through ECB/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:

	Bidding Document No.	CS-0260-132G-2

	Document Sale Commencement Date	11.06.2016

	Document Sale Close Date & Time	08.07.2016 upto 17:30:00 (IST)

	Last date for receipt of queries from	18.07.2016
	bidders (if any)	18.07.2016
	bidders (if any)

NTPC TAMIL NADU ENERGY COMPANY LTD. (NTECL)		ULTRAFILTRATION PLANT PACKAGE	PAGE
NTECL POWER PROJECT (3X500 MW)		SECTION-I (IFB)	1 OF 4
[VALLUR THERMAL POWER PROJECT(3X500 MW)]
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Bid Receipt Date & Time	for	Stage-I	Upto 28.07.2016 by 14:30:00 (IST)
(Techno-commercial) Bid			Upto 28.07.2016 by 14:30:00 (IST)
(Techno-commercial) Bid
Bid Opening Date & Time	for	Stage-I	28.07.2016 at 15:00:00 (IST)
(Techno-commercial) Bid			28.07.2016 at 15:00:00 (IST)
(Techno-commercial) Bid
Bid Submission & Opening Date & Time			Shall be Intimated Separately
for Stage-II (Price) bid			Shall be Intimated Separately
for Stage-II (Price) bid
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR			Rs. 11,250/- per set for Indian Bidders

Cost of Bidding Documents in USD			USD 250 per set for Foreign Bidders

4.1Prospective bidders from U.P.State are compulsorily required to provide TIN number at the time of purchase of bidding documents.

5.0All bids must be accompanied by Bid security for an amount of Rs. 88,28,000/- (Indian Rupees Eighty Eight Million Twenty Eight Thousand only) or in US Dollars 131,500 (US Dollars One hundred Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred only) in the form as stipulated in bidding documents.

Any Bid not accompanied by the acceptable Bid Security in a separate sealed envelope shall be rejected by the Employer/NTPC as being non-responsive and returned to the bidder without being opened.

6.0Benefits / Exemptions to Supplies for Mega Power Projects

Ministry of Power (Govt. of India) has certified that NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Limited (NTECL)’s Vallur Thermal Power Project (3X500MW) fulfills the laid down criteria for Mega Power Project. Accordingly, supplies of goods for this package shall be eligible for the benefits/exemptions as per provisions of relevant notifications of the Govt.of India.

7.0Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

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

7.1.0Technical Criteria for Qualification

7.1.1Bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/supervised erection and commissioned/supervised commissioning at least one (1) number of Water Treatment Plant (WTP) OR Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and such plant should have employed Ultrtafiltration Membrane Process for filtration having Capacity (permeate flow) not less than 435Cum/hr, having each stream/skid of capacity (permeate flow) not less than 145 Cum/hr. The above plant should have been in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening.

7.2.0Financial Criteria for Qualification:

7.2.1Financial Criteria of Bidder for Qualification:

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 INR 403 Million (Indian Rupees four hundred three million only) or in equivalent foreign currency.

NTPC TAMIL NADU ENERGY COMPANY LTD. (NTECL)	ULTRAFILTRATION PLANT PACKAGE	PAGE
NTECL POWER PROJECT (3X500 MW)	SECTION-I (IFB)	2 OF 4
[VALLUR THERMAL POWER PROJECT(3X500 MW)]
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In case the 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 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)The Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening should not be less than 100% (hundred percent) of its paid-up share capital. In case the Bidder does not meet 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 Subsidiaries of its Holding Companies wherever applicable. In such a case, however 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% (hundred percent) of their total paid up share capital. However, 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 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.

NTPC TAMIL NADU ENERGY COMPANY LTD. (NTECL)	ULTRAFILTRATION PLANT PACKAGE	PAGE
NTECL POWER PROJECT (3X500 MW)	SECTION-I (IFB)	3 OF 4
[VALLUR THERMAL POWER PROJECT(3X500 MW)]
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Notes for clause 7.2.1

(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.

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

(iv)For annual Turnover indicated in foreign currency, the exchange rate as on seven (7) days prior to the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening shall be used.

8.0NTPC 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.

9.0A 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/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 questionnaire for issue of vendor code and SRM user id/password.

10.0Issuance 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, Power of Attorney, Integrity Pact and Joint Deed of Undertaking(s) (if applicable) separately offline as detailed in Bidding Documents by the stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below.

11.0Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not permissible.

12.0Address for Communication

DGM (CS-III) / Manager (CS-III) NTPC Limited,

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

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

NTPC TAMIL NADU ENERGY COMPANY LTD. (NTECL)	ULTRAFILTRATION PLANT PACKAGE	PAGE
NTECL POWER PROJECT (3X500 MW)	SECTION-I (IFB)	4 OF 4
[VALLUR THERMAL POWER PROJECT(3X500 MW)]
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. : CS-0260-132G-2