DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID

NTPC LIMITED

(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

RENEWABLE ENERGY - CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.

DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

100MW (2X50MW) WIND ENERGY PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: 40063151

Date:24.09.2016

Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5906-003-9

1.0NTPC invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single Stage Two Envelope Basis (i.e. Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid) as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter.

2.0BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The work includes Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for a wind energy project of total capacity 100 (±5%) MW at suitable site(s) at one or two location(s) in the State of Gujarat with its comprehensive operation & maintenance for an initial period of ten (10) years. The project shall be developed in block size of 50 (±5%) MW each, either at a single site (with two blocks) or at two different sites (with one block each) totaling up to a cumulative capacity of 100 (±5%) MW.

The scope of work covered under the contract shall be as under:

1.Detailed design, engineering, micro-siting, manufacture, supply, erection, testing, commissioning and proving the guaranteed performance parameters for installation of the offered wind farm including Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs), control panels, reactive power compensating devices, Central monitoring and control system (CMCS), Wind monitoring mast(s) etc.

2.Comprehensive operation & maintenance of the offered wind farm as detailed in tech specs including supply of all spare parts, consumables, repairs / replacement of any defective equipment, payment of reactive power penalty and other charges levied by the respective state govt etc.

3.Acquisition of the required land for the offered wind farm project as per prevailing govt rules and transfer of title/ lease deed to NTPC including infra-structure development.

4.All associated electrical works required for grid interfacing (i.e. unit transformer sub- station for each WTG, internal HT overhead lines, common group control and

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metering station, common EHV sub-station(s) with necessary switch gear equipments and materials) grid extension (i.e. external overhead line up to grid sub- station, bay extension or creation of additional facilities at grid sub stations).

5.All associated civil engineering works like WTG tower foundations, control cabins for housing control panels near tower base (if required), internal roads, office cum control room building, storage sheds, permanent water supply arrangements, approach road etc.

6.All agreements, statutory approvals and clearances such as power evacuation/grid connectivity, environment, state nodal renewable energy agency, electrical, forest etc.

The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: 'RE-CS-5906-003-9'

3.0NTPC intends to finance the subject package through DCB/ECB.

4.0Detailed specification, Scope of work and Terms & Conditions are given in the bidding documents, which are available for examination and sale at the address given below and as per the following schedule :

	IFB No.	40063151
	IFB Date	24.09.2016
	Document Sale Commencement Date	24.09.2016
	Document Sale Close Date & Time	08.10.2016	17:00:00 (IST)
	Pre-Bid Conference and Last Date for receipt of	10.10.2016
	queries from prospective Bidders
	Last Date and Time for receipt of bids comprising	25.10.2016	14:30:00 (IST)
	both Techno-Commercial Bid and Price Bid
	Date & Time of opening of Techno-Commercial	25.10.2016	15:00:00 (IST)
	Bid (Envelope-I)
	Date and Time of Price Bid Opening (i.e.	Shall be Intimated separately by
	Envelope-II)	NTPC
		INR 22,500/- (Indian Rupees
	Cost of Bidding Documents in INR	Twenty Two Thousand Five
		Hundred only)

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 INR 1,75,00,000/- (Indian Rupees One Crore Seventy Five Lakh only) in the form as stipulated in the Bidding Documents.

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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.

6.0Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

In addition to the requirements stipulated under section Instruction to Bidders (ITB), the following shall also apply :

1.0Technical Criteria

(i)The Bidder should have manufactured, supplied, erected/supervised erection and commissioned / supervised commissioning of the offered rating of wind turbine generator (WTG). The WTG type and rating offered should have been in successful operation for at least one year prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

AND

(ii)The Bidder should have designed, erected/supervised erection and commissioned / supervised commissioning of at least one (1) wind farm with installed capacity of minimum ten (10) MW and above alongwith associated civil & electrical works.

Notes for Clause 1.0:

a.Wind Farm should be at a single location developed for an owner in a contract.

b.The works referred to at Clause 1.0(i) & 1.0(ii) can be in same or in different projects.

2.0FINANCIAL CRITERIA

2.1The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 386 Crore (Indian Rupees Three Hundred Eighty Six Crore only) or in equivalent foreign currency during the preceding three (3) completed financial years as on date of opening of techno-commercial bid opening.

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.

2.2Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year should not be less than 100% (hundred percent) of bidder’s paid-up share capital. In case the

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Bidder does not satisfy the Net Worth criteria on its own, it can 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 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.

2.3In case the Bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on standalone entity basis, the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder can be considered acceptable provided the Bidder further furnishes the following documents on substantiation of its qualification:

a)Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of its Holding Company.

b)Certificate from the CEO/CFO of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed in the bidding documents, stating that the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements form part of the consolidated financial statement 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 the Bidder is not able to submit the Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant certifying its financial parameters, the audited result of three consecutive financial years preceding the last financial year shall be considered for evaluating 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 techno-commercial bid opening and the Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant certifying the financial parameters is not available.

Notes for Clause 2.0:

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.

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ii.Other income shall not be considered for arriving at annual turnover.

iii.Holding Company” and “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning ascribed to them as per

Companies Act of India.

iv.For 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.

3.0Notwithstanding anything stated above, the Employer reserves the right to assess the capabilities and capacity of the Bidder / his subsidiaries / group companies to perform the contract, should the circumstances warrant such assessment in the overall interest of the Employer.

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 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.

8.1Issuance of Bidding Documents to any Bidder shall not construe that such Bidder is considered to be qualified. Bids shall be submitted online. Bidder shall furnish Bid Security, Integrity Pact and Power of Attorney separately offline as detailed in Bidding Documents before the stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below.

9.0Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not permissible.

10.0Address for communication:

For the detailed IFB and bidding documents please visit at https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in, www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in or may contact General Manager (Renewable Energy - Contract Services) / Addl. General Manager (Renewable Energy-Contract Services) / Dy. General Manager (Renewable Energy- Contract Services), NTPC Limited, Room No. 220, R&D Building, Engineering Office Complex (EOC) Annexe, A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA, Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, (UP), India, Pin - 201301 on Telephone No. +91-120-4947408, +91-120-4947375, Fax: +91-120-

2410251 email:

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aseemjain@ntpc.co.in / shailendra@ntpc.co.in / skjambhale@ntpc.co.in/ jaideep@ntpc.co.in or at office.

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

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