DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
PROCUREMENT OF ELECTRIC BUSES (50 Nos.) ON BEHALF OF JABALPUR CITY
TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED & JABALPUR SMART CITY LIMITED AT JABALPUR IN
MADHYA PRADESH
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
NIT No.: 40087073 Date: 29.03.2018
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-EV-JBP-BD-BUS
1.0 NTPC Limited, on behalf of Jabalpur City Transport Services Limited (JCTSL) &
Jabalpur Smart City Limited (JSCL) invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single
Stage Two Envelope Basis (i.e. Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II:
Price Bid) for Procurement of Electric Buses (50 Nos.) on behalf of Jabalpur City Transport
Services Limited (JCTSL) & Jabalpur Smart City Limited (JSCL) at Jabalpur in Madhya
Pradesh as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter.
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of the proposal includes Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Proto-type testing
at manufacturer’s works and approval from JCTSL, supply of 50 Nos. of Electric Buses,
testing, conducting all routine and acceptance tests, obtaining requisite regulatory
approvals from statutory authorities, providing training to the drivers and Maintenance
services for a period of five (5) years after warranty period of one year from the date of
operationalization of electric bus being supplied under the subject contract. The scope also
includes providing technical inputs related to battery and battery management
system(BMS) data required for design of electric vehicle chargers and providing support in
works related to BMS interfaces etc. during commissioning of electric vehicle chargers.
The scope also includes coordination with designated authorities for availing the Demand
Incentive(s) payable for electric buses under FAME scheme of the Government of India.
JCTSL shall extend necessary support to the Supplier/Contractor in
documentation/certifications required for availing the demand incentive.
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.:RE-CS-EV-JBP-BD-
BUS.
3.0 JCTSL 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.
40087073
IFB Date
29.03.2018
Document Sale Commencement Date
29.03.2018
Document Sale Close Date & Time
16.04.2018
17:00:00 (IST)
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for
receipt of queries from prospective Bidders
19.04.2018
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid
and Price Bid
24.04.2018
14:30:00 (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
24.04.2018
15:00:00 (IST)
Date and Time of opening of Price Bids
Shall be Intimated separately by NTPC
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR
INR 22,500/- (Indian Rupees Twenty
Two Thousand Five Hundred only) in
favour of “NTPC Limited” payable at
Noida.
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 62,58,000/- (Rupees
Sixty Two Lakhs Fifty Eight Thousand only) in favour of Jabalpur City Transport
Services Limited, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh and 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 NTPC AS BEING NON-
RESPONSIVE AND RETURNED TO THE BIDDER WITHOUT BEING OPENED.
6.0 Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:
The bidder should meet the qualifying requirements stipulated hereunder in clauses 1.0
and Clause 2.0.
1.0 TECHNICAL CRITERIA
1.1 The bidder should be a manufacturer of an Electric Bus, having manufacturing
facility in India & should have achieved at least 15% localization as per the norms
of Department of Heavy Industries. The Bidder should have completed
homologation requirements with National Automotive Board designated centers for
at least one (1) bus of minimum 9 m length as on the date of techno-commercial bid
opening.
Notes:
a. Bidder shall submit documents in support of
a. Minimum 15% localization
b. Homologation test completion certificate from the National Automotive
Board designated centres.
2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA
2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 50 Crore
(Indian Rupees Fifty Crores 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
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/Owner 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 Noida / 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.
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, Power of Attorney & any other document specified in the bid documents, 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
