DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21
MW AT GANDHAR) SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21 MW AT
GANDHAR) SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT, INDIA
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: 40079403 Date: 09.08.2017
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
1.0 NTPC invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single Stage Two Envelope Basis (i.e.
Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid) with Reverse Auction for
Development of 86 MW Kawas-Gandhar (65 MW at Kawas and 21 MW at Gandhar) Solar
Photo Voltaic Project(s) in Gujarat, India using Domestically manufactured PV cells and
modules (DCR category) as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter.
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply, Packing and Forwarding, Transportation,
Unloading, Storage, Installation and Commissioning of grid connected 65 MW KAWAS
AND 21 MW GANDHAR
(to be awarded to single bidder in single EPC Package) Solar
PV project(s) on turnkey basis at NTPC Kawas and Gandhar Gas Power Project
respectively in Gujarat.
Bidder shall provide comprehensive operation & maintenance of the plant & transmission
system for a period of fifteen years from the date of successful completion of trial run.
The scope includes the following:
1. Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation,
unloading storage, installation, testing and commissioning of Solar Photo Voltaic Plant(s)
in
single EPC Package
with Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for PV cells & modules.
2. Site grading.
3. Design and construction of foundation & mounting structure for SPV panels.
4. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.
5. Construction of Pre-Engineered type Inverter room with Power conditioning unit, associated
LT and HT switchgear. In case of String Inverter, Construction of Pre-Engineered type HT
Switchgear room.
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21
MW AT GANDHAR) SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
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6. Construction of Central Monitoring and Control Station with switchgear room, SCADA room,
Store room, Battery room with all electrical fitting and furniture, fencing of SPV plant,
security cabin etc.
7. All associated electrical and civil works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. Inverter
transformers, Tie transformer, breakers, isolators, panels, protection, metering) for
evacuation of power through 33 kV cable upto 33/220 kV Gas Project Substation of NTPC
as per technical specification. Extension of existing 220 kV Switchyard at Kawas and
erection of 220 kV Bays at Kawas and Gandhar with its associated electrical and civil
works.
8. Water supply arrangement for water washing including supply and installation of water
washing system.
9. Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing/peripheral boundary wall and drainage
system.
10. SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware & software.
11. Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipment, consumables and
spare parts for a period of fifteen years from the date of successful completion of trial run.
12. Supply of Mandatory spares.
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.:RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9.
3.0 NTPC intends to finance the subject package through Own Resources.
4.0 Detailed 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.
40079403
IFB Date 09.08.2017
Document Sale Commencement Date 12.08.2017
Document Sale Close Date & Time 08.09.2017 17:00:00 (IST)
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for receipt
of queries from prospective Bidders
19.09.2017
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid and
Price Bid
10.10.2017 14:30:00 (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
10.10.2017 15:00:00 (IST)
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21
MW AT GANDHAR) SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
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Date and Time of start of Reverse Auction Shall be Intimated separately by NTPC
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR
INR 22,500/- (Indian Rupees Twenty
Two Thousand Five Hundred only)
4.1 Prospective bidders are compulsorily required to provide GSTIN number at the time of
purchase of bidding documents.
5.0 All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of INR 4,53,49,000/- (Indian
Rupees Four Crore Fifty Three Lakhs Forty Nine Thousand only) in the form as
stipulated in the Bidding Documents.
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.
6.0 Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:
In addition to the requirements stipulated under section Instruction to bidder (ITB), the
bidder should also meet the qualifying requirements stipulated hereunder in clauses 1.0
and Clause 2.0.
1.0 TECHNICAL CRITERIA
1.1 The bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection and
commissioned/ supervised commissioning of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based grid
connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40MWp or above, out
of which at least one plant should have been of 10MWp capacity or above. The
reference plant of 10 MWp or above capacity must have been in successful
operation for at least six (6) months prior to the date of techno-commercial bid
opening.
OR
1.2 The bidder should be a developer of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based grid
connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40MWp or above, out
of which at least one plant should have been of 10MWp capacity or above. The
reference plant of 10 MWp or above capacity must have been in successful
operation for at least six (6) months prior to the date of techno-commercial bid
opening.
OR
1.3(a) The bidder should have executed in the last ten (10) years an industrial project
either as developer or as EPC Contractor in the area of power/ steel/ oil and gas/
petro-chemical/ fertilizer/ cement/ coal mining including coal handling plant and/ or
any other process industry, of a value of Rs.241 Crore (Indian Rupees Two Hundred
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21
MW AT GANDHAR) SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
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Forty One Crores only) or more in a single project or single work respectively and
the same should be in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date
of techno-commercial bid opening.
(b) The bidder should have executed at least one (1) Electrical Sub-station of 33 kV or
above voltage level, consisting of equipment such as 33kV or above voltage level
circuit breakers and Power transformer, either as developer or as EPC Contractor
which should be in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the date of
techno-commercial bid opening.
The works referred to at clause 1.3 (a) & 1.3 (b) can be in same or different projects.
Notes:
a. The reference SPV based grid connected power plant of 10MWp or above
capacity should be at a single location developed by Bidder for itself or any
other client.
b. SPV based Roof-top solar power projects, which are grid connected, shall
also be considered eligible for QR purposes.
c. Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and operation from
the Owner.
d. Projects executed by Bidder’s group company, Holding Company or
Subsidiary Company shall not be considered as Bidder’s experience for
meeting the QR.
e. In case the award for the reference works has been received by the Bidder
either directly from owner of plant or any other intermediary organization, a
certificate from such owner of plant or the intermediary organization shall be
required to be furnished by the Bidder along with its techno-commercial bid
in support of its claim of meeting requirement stipulated above. Certificate
from owner of the plant shall also be furnished by the Bidder for successful
operation of the reference plant.
f. In case of developer as bidder in clause 1.2 or 1.3, the documentary
evidence (certified by Chartered Accountant) for value of executed reference
work must be submitted by the bidder.
g. Developer means an entity who has either executed or got executed the
work/ project as owner of industrial projects.
h. The execution of industrial project as EPC Contractor under Clause No. 1.3
means, such EPC Contractor is responsible for all the activities i.e.
Design/Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning of a
project/work.
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DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21
MW AT GANDHAR) SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
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2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA
2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 241 Crore
(Indian Rupees Two Hundred Forty One Crore 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.
2.2 Net 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
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 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.
2.3 In 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
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DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21
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BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
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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 proceeding 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.
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.
7.0 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.
8.0 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.
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 86 MW KAWAS-GANDHAR (65 MW AT KAWAS AND 21
MW AT GANDHAR) SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECT(S) IN GUJARAT
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5732/5734-004-9
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Note: No hard copy of Bidding Documents shall be issued.
8.1 Issuance of Bid 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.
9.0 Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not
permissible.
10.0 Address 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
Addl. General Manager (Renewable Energy-Contract Services) / 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. +91-120-4947378, +91-120-4947382, Fax: +91-120-
2410251
Email:
bksahoo03@ntpc.co.in / pranaysharma@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in
