DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS

NTPC LIMITED

(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) FOR

FRP INDUCED DRAFT COOLING TOWERS PACKAGE

FOR

SIMHADRI SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT, STAGE-I (2X500 MW)

LOCATED AT

DISTRICT- VISAKHAPATNAM, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

(International Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: 40064729	Date: 19.10.2016
Bidding Document No.: CS-3520-135A(R1)-2

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 aforesaid Package, as per the Brief Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.

2.0BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The scope includes design, engineering, manufacture, inspection, testing at works, supply and installation at site, putting into initial operation and performance testing of induced draft Pultruded FRP Cooling Towers, along with associated civil works including RCC Cold Water Basin for SIMHADRI STPP Stage-I (2x500MW).

3.0.NTPC intends to finance subject Package through External Commercial Borrowings/Own sources.

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:

	Bidding Document No.		:		CS-3520-135A(R1)-2
	Bidding Document Sale Date		:		From 19.10.2016 to 09.11.2016
	& Time				upto 1730 Hrs. (IST)
	Pre Bid Conference and Last		:		11.11.2016
	Date for receipt of queries (if
	any) for clarification	from
	prospective Bidders
	Bid Receipt (Both Techno-		:		Up to 23.11.2016 by 1430 hrs (IST)
	Commercial Bids and	Price
	Bids) Date & Time
	Bid Opening Date & Time for		:		23.11.2016 at 1500 Hrs. (IST)
	Techno-Commercial Bid
	Bid Opening Date & Time for		:		Shall be intimated separately by NTPC.
	Price Bid
	Cost of Bidding Document		:		22,500/- (Indian Rupees Twenty Two
					Thousand Five Hundred Only) per set for Indian
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Bidders and USD 500 (US Dollar Five Hundred

Only) per set for Foreign Bidders.

5.0All Bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of ₹ 5,05,64,000/- (Indian Rupees Five Crore Five Lac Sixty Four Thousand only) or USD 749,600 (US Dollars Seven Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Six Hundred only). 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 in Section ITB (Instructions to Bidder), the following shall also apply.

6.1.0Technical Criteria

6.1.1ROUTE-1

The Bidder should have designed by itself, erected and commissioned at least one (1) number Induced Draught Cooling Tower in pultruded Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Construction of capacity not less than 13000 m3/hr which should have been in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening.

The reference cooling towers should be of the same type i.e. cross flow type cooling tower or counter flow type cooling tower as is being offered by the Bidder.

6.1.2ROUTE-2

Bidders who do not fulfill the requirement in clause 6.1.1 above can also participate provided the Bidder has designed by itself, constructed and commissioned at least one

(1) number Induced Draught / Forced Draught Cooling Tower of capacity not less than 13,000 m3/hr and associates / collaborates with a party fully meeting the requirements of clause 6.1.1 above.

In such a case, the Bidder should furnish a Deed of Joint undertaking jointly executed by it and its Associate/ Collaborator as per the format enclosed in the bidding document for the satisfactory performance of the Cooling Towers. This deed of joint undertaking should be submitted along with the Techno Commercial bid, failing which the Bidder shall be disqualified and its bid shall be rejected. Further, in case of award, Bidder’s Associate / Collaborator will be required to furnish an on demand bank guarantee as per format enclosed with the bidding documents for value equal to 1% (one percent) of the total contract price in addition to the contract performance security to be provided by the Bidder.

Notes to Clause 6.1.1 & 6.1.2 above:

a)“design by itself” means that the tower(s) of reference plant must have been designed by the bidder’s own engineers. Tower(s) designed by consultant/collaborator/associate of the bidder shall not be considered.

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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.

6.2.2Financial criteria for Collaborator/Associate

a)For Bidder seeking qualification through clause no 6.1.2 above, the average annual turnover of its Collaborator/Associate (meeting requirement of Clause 6.1.1 above) in the preceding three (3) financial years as on the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening, should not be less than ₹ 131 Millions (Indian Rupees one hundred thirty one Millions only) or in equivalent foreign currency.

In case the Collaborator/Associate does not satisfy the average annual turnover criteria above on its own, its Holding Company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at Cl. 6.2.2 (a) 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 Collaborator/Associate would be required to furnish along with bidder's Techno-Commercial bid, a Letter of Undertaking from the Holding Company, supported by Board Resolution of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed with the bidding documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support to the Collaborator/Associate to honour the terms and conditions of the Deed of Joint Undertaking in case of award of the Contract to the Bidder with whom Collaborator/Associate is associated.

b)The Net Worth of each Collaborator/Associate, 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 Collaborator/Associate 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 Collaborator/Associate 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.

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(c)In case the Collaborator/Associate is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on standalone entity basis, the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Collaborator/Associate can be considered acceptable provided the Collaborator/Associate further furnishes the following documents for substantiation of its qualification:

i)Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Collaborator/Associate, along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Holding Company of Collaborator/Associate.

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 of Collaborator/Associate.

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, Collaborator/Associate 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-commercials bid opening and the Certificate from the practicing Chartered Accountant certifying the financial parameters is not available.

Notes for clause 6.2.1 and 6.2.2

(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.

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.

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8.0Prospective Bidders from Uttar Pradesh State of India are compulsorily required to provide TIN number at the time of purchase of Bidding Documents from Office of NTPC.

9.0A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by any interested Bidder on payment (non-refundable) of the cost of documents as mentioned above in the form of a Crossed Account Payee Demand Draft in favour of “NTPC Limited”, 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.

10.0Issuance of Bidding 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 / Deed of Joint Undertaking/JV Agreement (as applicable) in physical form as detailed in Bidding Documents before 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:

AGM (Contract Services-II) / Manager (Contract Services-II) NTPC Limited,

Sixth Floor, Engineering Office Complex, Plot A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA, Distt.-Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, PIN-201301, India

Fax No: +91-120-2410284/ 2410011 Tele. No. +91-120-4948678/ 4946663

e-mail: dinkarsingh@ntpc.co.in / jsbhal@ntpc.co.in

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

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