INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 22 MW Floating Solar PV Project At RGCCPP
Kayamkulam in Kerala
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5742-004-9
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
Development of 22 MW Floating Solar PV Project At RGCCPP Kayamkulam in Kerala
(International Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: RE-CS-5742-004-9 Date: 25.06.2018
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5742-004-9
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) followed by Reverse
Auction for Development of 22 MW Floating Solar PV Project at RGCCPP Kayamkulam
in Kerala. Solar PV Cells and Modules for this project can be sourced from anywhere in
the world.
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply, Packing and Forwarding, Transportation,
Unloading, Storage, Installation and Commissioning of grid connected 22 MW Floating
Solar PV project at RGCCPP Kayamkulam, Kerala.
Bidder shall provide comprehensive operation & maintenance of the plant & transmission
system for a period of (3) 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. Supply and installation of Floating system including all accessories.
3. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation for inverter room and CMCS.
4. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.
5. Construction of Inverter room with Power conditioning unit associated LT and HT
switchgear. In case of String Inverter, Construction of 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, 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/ overhead line,
metering at 33 kV level, earthing of transformer etc.) and evacuation of power from
Main pooling station through 33 kV cable.
8. Interconnection of 33 kV feeder using 33 kV cable or overhead conductor at 33 kV
switchyard near main plant building.
9. Solar Module cleaning system.
10. SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware &
software.
INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 22 MW Floating Solar PV Project At RGCCPP
Kayamkulam in Kerala
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11. Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipment, consumables
and spare parts for a period of 3 (three) 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-5742-004-9.
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 e-tender portal (as specified in
this notice) and as per the following schedule:
4.1 Prospective bidders are 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 20,000,000/- (Indian
Rupees Twenty Million 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.
IFB No.
RE-CS-5742-004-9
IFB Date
25.06.2018
Document Sale Commencement Date
26.06.2018
15:00:00 (IST)
Document Sale Close Date & Time
17:00:00 (IST)
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for receipt of
queries from prospective Bidders
30.07.2018
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid and
Price Bid
14:00:00 (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-Commercial
Bid
14:30:00 (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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Development of 22 MW Floating Solar PV Project At RGCCPP
Kayamkulam in Kerala
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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 17 MWp or higher, out
of which at least one plant should have been of 10 MWp or higher capacity. The
reference plant of 10 MWp or higher 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 17 MWp or higher, out
of which at least one plant should have been of 10MWp or higher capacity. The
reference plant of 10 MWp or higher 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 INR 1056 Million (Indian Rupees One
Thousand Fifty Six Million 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. Projects executed by Bidder’s group company, Holding Company or
Subsidiary Company shall not be considered as Bidder’s experience for
meeting the QR.
d. Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and operation from
the Owner.
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 1056 Million
(Indian Rupees One Thousand Fifty Six Million only) during the preceding three (3)
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
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Kayamkulam in Kerala
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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
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.
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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 be registered with M/s Telecommunication
Consultant 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-2018-TN000011. Interested parties
are requested to ensure that they have downloaded the OFFICIAL COPY of Bidding
documents against Tender Search code- NTPC-2018-TN000011 and obtained the SERIEL
NUMBER of Bidding Documents 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.
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) / 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. +91-120-2410722, +91-120-4947363, Fax: +91-120-
2410251;
Email:skdas01@ntpc.co.in/nabintripathi@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in