NTPC Limited

(A Government of India Enterprise)

EOC Noida Office

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)

FOR

Procurement of Bio Mass Pellets for power generation through Co-firing at NTPC Dadri

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

1.0NTPC invites on-line bids from eligible Bidders for aforesaid package, as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter:

2.0Brief Details

3.0Bid Security and Integrity Pact (if applicable) shall be submitted in a sealed envelope separately offline/online by the stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below. Any bid without an acceptable Bid Security and Integrity Pact (if applicable) shall be treated as non-responsive by the employer and shall not be opened.

4.0A 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 questionnare for issue of vendor code and SRM user id/password.

5.0Brief Scope of Work & other specific detail

The scope of work under this package shall include supply, transport, insurance and loading/unloading of biomass pellets to be delivered at NTPC Dadri in regular multiple consignment. The biomass supplied shall be adhered to the technical specification given by NTPC.

6.0Prospective bidders from U.P. State are compulsorily required to provide TIN number at the time of purchase of bidding documents.

7.0Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

In addition to the requirements stipulated under section ITB, the Bidder should also meet the qualifying requirements stipulated in clauses 7.1 and 7.2 below:

7.1 Technical Criteria:

7.1.1Bidder should have biomass pellets or briquettes manufacturing capacity of at least 50 tonnes/day as on date of techno-commercial bid opening

7.1.2Bidder should have executed orders of 500 tons or more aggregating from largest of its three orders for manufacturing and supply of biomass pellets or briquettes in India in preceding one year prior to date of techno-commercial bid opening

Note for 7.1 above:

(i) The word #executed# means the bidder should have achieved the criteria specified in 7.1.2 above even if the total contract is not completed or closed

(ii) Order executed by the holding company and the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Bidder shall be considered for experience.

7.2 Financial Criteria:

7.2.1The 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 Rs. 30 Million (Rupees Thirty Million) only

7.2.1.2 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 furnishes the following further documents on substantiation of its qualification.

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

In case 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.

8.0Issuance of Bidding Documents to any bidder shall not construe that bidder is considered qualified.

9.0NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel/withdraw the NIT 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.

10.0Address for Communication Additional General Manager (CM) NTPC LTD., 6TH FLOOR, EOC, Plot no. A-8A, Sector 24

NOIDA (UP), India-201 301 Ph.0120- 4946625/2410477 Fax-0120- 2410026 rckhorwal@ntpc.co.in

OR

Sr. Manager (CM)

NTPC LTD., 6th FLOOR, EOC, Plot no. A-8A, Sector 24 NOIDA (UP), India-201 301 Ph.0120 # 4946650 rkyadav02@ntpc.co.in

Websites: https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/bbpstart or www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in