NTPC Limited

(A Govt. of India Enterprise)

CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

BALANCE WORKS OF OFFSITE AREA CIVIL WORKS PACKAGE

FOR

BARH SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT, STAGE-I (3X660 MW)

LOCATED AT

PATNA DISTRICT, STATE OF BIHAR, INDIA.

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: 40077653

Date:  29.06.2017

Bidding Document No.:  CS-9558-360(R)-9

1.0         NTPC 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 Offsite Area Civil Works Package for Barh Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-I (3x660 MW) situated at Patna District, State of Bihar as per scope of work mentioned hereinafter. The estimated cost for the package is INR 7169.47 Lakhs.

2.0             BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The brief scope of work for this package includes all the balance works of offsite area civil works including Roads, Drains, Culverts, Sewerage, Foundations, Structural Steel and General Civil Works.

All the balance works of Buildings and structures in offsite area like Permanent Store building, Central workshop building, Administrative Building, Auditorium Building,  CHP Workshop Building, Gate Complex including MGR gate and Ash Slurry gate, Dozer Shed, Fuel oil unloading pump house, Hydrogen Plant, Cooling Tower Switch gear Building, Pipe/Cable support structures & foundations, trenches / pedestals / duct banks in offsite area, Earthing mat, paving in offsite area, Hume Pipe crossing under rails/ roads, Storm water drains, CPU re-generation area, Water Treatment control Building, Watch Towers, etc;

Buildings and structures in offsite area like Drill Tower, Storm Water Pump House, Vehicle/Car Parking /Ornamental Grill in administrative building area, etc;

All the balance works of roads, shoulder and paving works using Pre-cast concrete interlocking designer block, sewerage system inside plant area, drains inside plant area including precast RCC cover, Culverts.

Cement, structural steel & reinforcement steel required for incorporation into item rate works shall be issued free of cost by the Owner.

              The detailed scope of work shall be as per specifications and scope defined in the bidding document No. CS-9558-360(R)-9 for Balance Works of Offsite Area Civil Works Package for Barh Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-I (3x660 MW).

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

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

5.0          All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security/ Earnest Money Deposit for an amount of ₹ 1,59,33,000/- (Indian Rupees One Crore Fifty Nine Lakh Thirty Three 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.

6.0          BENEFITS / EXEMPTIONS TO SUPPLIES FOR MEGA POWER PROJECTS

Barh Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-I (3x660 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.

7.0          Qualification Requirements for Bidders

The Bidder who wishes to participate in the bidding shall satisfactorily establish that it fulfills the qualifying requirements as stipulated hereunder at 7.1.0 & 7.2.0

7.1.0               The Bidder should have achieved within the preceding seven (7) years reckoned, as on date of Techno-Commercial bid opening, in the construction of industrial/ infrastructure projects, atleast the following progress:

(i)                     Concreting of 20,000 cu.m. in any one (1) year, in one (1) or cumulative of two (2) concurrently running contracts and,

(ii)                    Fabrication of 700 MT of Structural steel in any one (1) year, in a single contract and,

(iii)                   Erection of 700 MT of Structural steel in any one (1) year, in a single contract.

7.2.0               Financial criteria:

(a)                   The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than Rs. 531 Millions (Indian Rupees Five hundred thirty One Millions only) during the preceding three (3) completed financial years as on date 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.

(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 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 7.2.0 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.

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

9.0       NTPC 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.

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

11.0    A 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.

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

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

14.0    Address for communication:

DGM (CS-I) / Manager (CS-I)

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 - 2410011

Tel. No.: +91-120 - 4946647/4946693

E-mail: vijaysolanki@ntpc.co.in / mohitmishra@ntpc.co.in

Websites:  www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in

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

15.0    Registered Office

NTPC Limited

NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex,

7, Institutional Area, Lodi Road,

New Delhi - 110003

Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966,

Website: www.ntpc.co.in