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Balance of System
Package
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or
Anta Solar
Power
Project
in
Rajasthan
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5730-004(BOS)-9
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
Balance of System Package of Anta Solar Power Project
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: RE-CS-5730-004(BOS)-9 Date: 07.09.2017
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5730-004(BOS)-9
1.0 NTPC Ltd. invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single Stage Two Envelope (i.e.
Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid) with Reverse Auction
for Balance of System Package for Anta Solar Power Project in Rajasthan.
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
“Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply, Packing and Forwarding, Transportation,
Unloading, Storage, Installation and Commissioning of grid connected Solar PV power
project at Anta Combined Cycle Power Project at Kota district of Rajasthan.
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
excluding supply of Solar PV modules
2. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.
3. Construction of foundation & module mounting structure for SPV panels as per NTPC
design.
4. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.
5. Construction of Pre-Engineered type Inverter room for Power conditioning unit, LT and
HT switchgear and associated transformers. In case of String Inverter,Construction of
Pre-Engineered type HT Switchgear room.
6. Construction of Main Control Room(s) with switchgear room, SCADA room, Store
room, Battery room with all electrical fitting and furniture, fencing of SPV plant, security
cabin etc.
7. Construction of 33 kV pooling switchgear, 33 kV O/H Line and all associated electrical
& civil works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. transformer(s), breakers, isolators,
panels, protection system, cables. metering at 33 kV level, earthing of transformer etc.)
and evacuation of power to Pooling station through 33 kV cable.
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8. 33kV/220kV, 100MVA Transformer (OLTC ±10% steps 2.5%), 220kV Bay addition
including the interface with existing 220 kV switchyard with its associated electrical
works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. breakers, isolators panels, protection
system, earthing and metering) for evacuation of solar power at 220 kV level.
9. Water supply arrangement for module washing including supply and installation of
water washing system.
10. Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing and drainage system.
11. SCADA system for local and remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all
hardware & software.
12. Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipment, consumables
and spare parts for a period of fifteen years.
13. Supply of Mandatory spares. “
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5730-
004(BOS)-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. RE-CS-5730-004(BOS)-9
IFB Date 07.09.2017
Document Sale Commencement Date 07.09.2017
Document Sale Close Date & Time 05.10.2017 Upto 17:00:00 (IST)
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for receipt of
queries from prospective Bidders
16.10.2017
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid and
Price Bid
06.11.2017 17:00:00 (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-Commercial
Bid
07.11.2017 11:00:00 (IST)
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)
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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 1,97,81,000/- (Indian
Rupees One Crore Ninety Seven Lakh Eighty One 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 Balance of Systems of Solar Photo
Voltaic (SPV) based grid connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity
of 40 MWp 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 40 MWp 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. 208 Crore (Indian Rupees Two
Hundred Eight Crore 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
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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.
i. The Balance of Systems, under Clause 1.1 refers to works related to
minimum three of the following four areas in a Solar PV Plant:
(i) Civil works including Module Mounting Structures
(ii) Invertors (Power Conditioning Units)
(iii) Invertor Transformers
(iv) Cables and Cabling Works
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2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA
2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 208 Crore
(Indian Rupees Two Hundred Eight 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 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
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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.
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 Interested parties are required to get registered with M/s Telecommunication Corporation of
India Ltd. (TCIL) website https://www.tcil-india-electronictender.com (if not registered
already). The cost of the bidding documents as mentioned above is required to be submitted
in the form of a crossed account Payee demand draft in favour of “NTPC Ltd.”, Payable at
New Delhi at the address mentioned at para no.10.0 below along with GSTIN and
Organization ID registered with TCIL. After registration with TCIL and payment of the cost of
bidding documents as above, a complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded by
any interested Bidder from TCIL Portal https://www.tcil-india-electronictender.com with
Tender Search Code NTPC-2017-TN000005. Interested parties are requested to ensure
that they have downloaded the official copy of Bid documents against Tender Search code-
NTPC-2017-TN000005 from abovementioned website of TCIL after getting registered with
TCIL without which they will not be able to submit their bids. For technical assistance call
TCIL Helpdesk at 011-26241790.
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, Pass Phrase 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.
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9.0 Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not
permissible.
10.0 Address for communication:
Addl. 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. +91-120-4947378/
+91-120-4947381, Fax: +91-120-2410251;
Email: bksahoo03@ntpc.co.in/nithyav@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in
