DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 15MW SOLAR PV PROJECT AT
RAMAGUNDAM IN TELANGANA
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5737-004-9(R)
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF 15MW SOLAR PV PROJECT AT RAMAGUNDAM IN TELANGANA
(DOMESTIC COMPETITIVE BIDDING)
IFB No.: - RE-CS-5737-004-9(R) Date: 11.06.2018
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 aforesaid Project using OPEN Category (Non- DCR Category) PV Cells
and Modules (where cells & modules can be procured anywhere in the world) 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 Solar PV Plant
having A.C. capacity of 15 MW at Ramagundam (single EPC Package) Solar PV project
on turnkey basis at Ramagundam in Telangana.
Bidder shall provide comprehensive operation & maintenance of the plant & transmission
system for a period of Three 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
based on open category PV modules and cells.
2. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.
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.
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. 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.
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 15MW SOLAR PV PROJECT AT
RAMAGUNDAM IN TELANGANA
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5737-004-9(R)
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8. 33/132 kV, 25 MVA Transformer (OLTC +/-10% steps 2.5%) extension of existing 132 kV
Switchyard alongwith its associated civil & electrical works required for interfacing with
grid(i.e. breakers, isolators, panels, protection system, earthing & metering) for evacuation
of Solar Power at 132 kV level.
9. Water supply arrangement for module washing including supply and installation of water
washing system.
10. Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing, peripheral boundary wall and drainage
system.
11. SCADA system for 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 aforementioned period of O&M.
13. Supply of Mandatory spares.
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5737-004-
9(R).
3.0 NTPC intends to finance the subject package through DCB/NTPC-Internal 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-5737-004-9(R)
IFB Date
11.06.2018
Document Sale Commencement Date
11.06.2018
Document Sale Close Date & Time
17:00:00 (IST)
Last Date for receipt of queries from
prospective Bidders
13.07.2018
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid
and Price Bid
17:00:00 (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
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)
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 1,00,00,000/- (Indian
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF 15MW SOLAR PV PROJECT AT
RAMAGUNDAM IN TELANGANA
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5737-004-9(R)
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Rupees One Crore 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
Clause 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 12MWp or above, out of which
at least one plant should have been of 10 MWp 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 12 MWp or above,out of which at least
one plant should have been of 10 MWp 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. 65 Crore (Indian Rupees Sixty Five 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.
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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.
2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA
2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 65 Crores (Indian
Rupees Sixty Five 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.
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DEVELOPMENT OF 15MW SOLAR PV PROJECT AT
RAMAGUNDAM IN TELANGANA
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5737-004-9(R)
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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 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 favor 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
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DEVELOPMENT OF 15MW SOLAR PV PROJECT AT
RAMAGUNDAM IN TELANGANA
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5737-004-9(R)
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downloaded by any interested Bidder from TCIL Portal https://www.tcil-india-
electronictender.com with Tender Search Code NTPC-2018-TN000009 .Interested parties
are requested to ensure that they have downloaded the OFFICIAL COPY of BID
DOCUMENTS and have OBTAINED the SERIAL NUMBER of OFFICIAL COPY OF BID
DOCUMENTS against Tender Search code- NTPC-2018-TN000009 from above
mentioned 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, Power of Attorney and Pass Phrases 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:
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-
4947972/7376/7559/7370,Fax:+91-120-2410251
Email:akgupta01@ntpc.co.in/binodkumarray@ntpc.co.in or at office. Corporate
Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in