NTPC LIMITED

(RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES)

NOTICE INVING APPLICATIONS (NIA)

FOR

ENLISTMENT OF DOMESTIC EPC BIDDERS /CONTRACTORS / AGENCIES /DEVELOPERS

FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF NTPC LTD

NIA No: RE-CS-0000-004(e-BoS)-9

Date: 21.08.2018

Bidding Document No: RE-CS-0000-004(e-BoS)-9

1.0NTPC invites online applications from eligible bidders on Single Stage Single Envelope for vendor enlistment of Electrical Balance of System (e-BoS) Package for development of Solar Power Projects of NTPC.

2.0BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

Brief Scope of Work to be executed by enlisted bidder are as under:

1.Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply, Packing and Forwarding, Transportation, Unloading, Storage, Installation and Commissioning of Electrical-Balance of System of grid connected Solar PV project.

2.Supply and installation of DC cable, AC cables and string combiner box as per specification.

3.Arrangement of auxiliary power supply system through suitable rated transformer.

4.Supply and installation of UPS and Battery Chargers to meet the critical supply.

5.Supply, engineering, installation and commissioning of HT breaker in inverter rooms and CMCS.

6.All associated electrical and civil works related to inverter, HT panel, LT Panel etc required for metering and evacuation of power to owner’s 33 kV switchyard.

7.SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware & software.

8.Supply of mandatory spares, special tools for Operation and Maintenance of above Electrical systems.

9.Illumination, Earthing and Lightning Protection system of complete solar plant.

10.Providing engineering data, drawing and O&M manuals as per specified format etc for Employer’s review, approval and records.

The detailed scope of work is as defined in the Enlistment Document No.: RE-CS-0000- 004-9-BoS(E)

3.0Detailed Terms & Conditions are given in the enlistment documents, which are available for examination and downloading at e-tender portal (as specified in this notice) and as per the following schedule:

IFB No.	RE-CS-0000-004(e-BoS)-9
NIA date	21.08.2018
Document downloading Commencement Date	21.08.2018
Document downloading Close Date & Time	05.09.2018, 17:00 Hrs (IST)
Last Date and Time for receipt of Enlistment	07.09.2018 till 12:00 Hrs (IST)
Application
Date & Time of opening of Applications	07.09.2018 from 15:00 Hrs (IST)

4.0ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

4.1.0TECHNICAL CRITERIA

4.1.1The Bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection and commissioned/ supervised commissioning of Electrical Balance of Systems of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based grid connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40 MW or above, out of which at least one plant should have been of 10 MW capacity or above. The reference plant of 10 MW or above capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to the last date of submission of Application for Enlistment.

OR

4.1.2The Bidder should have executed at least one (1) Electrical Sub-station of 33 kV or above voltage level, consisting of at least circuit breakers and cables and cabling works, either as developer or as EPC Contractor of a value INR Rs. 25 Crore (Indian Rupees Twenty Five Crore only) or more in a single project. The executed project should be in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior to the last date of submission of Application for Enlistment.

OR

4.1.3The Bidder should be an Indian company registered in India and should be Group company/Holding Company or Subsidiary company of a firm meeting the requirement (s) of Clause 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 above. In such a case, Bidder shall furnish a letter of Undertaking

jointly executed by the firm qualified as per clause 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 and the Bidder along with its Enlistment Application for complete performance of the contract (in case of award) jointly or severally as per format enclosed in the Enlistment document failing which the Bidder’s Enlistment Application shall be liable to be rejected.

Notes for Clause 4.1.0:

a)The reference SPV based grid connected power plant of 10 MW or above capacity should be at a single location developed by Bidder for itself or any other client.

b)The Electrical Balance of Systems or Electrical substation, under Clause 4.1.1 & 4.1.2, refers to works related to following minimum areas:

(i)Circuit Breaker – 33 kV and above (for Solar PV plant in case of Clause 4.1.1 and Sub-station in case of Clause 4.1.2)

(ii)Cables and Cabling works – associated with Solar PV plant (in case of Clause 4.1.1) and associated with Sub-station (in case of Clause 4.1.2)

c)SPV based Roof-top solar power projects, which are grid connected, shall also be considered eligible for QR purposes.

d)Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and operation from the Owner.

e)Projects executed by Bidder’s group company, Holding Company or Subsidiary Company shall also be considered as Bidder’s experience for meeting the QR, provided Bidder is an Indian company registered in India.

f)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 Application for Enlistment 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.

g)In case of developer as bidder in clause 4.1.2, the documentary evidence (certified by Chartered Accountant) for value of executed reference work must be submitted by the bidder.

h)Developer means an entity who has either executed or got executed the work/ project as owner of industrial projects.

i)The execution of project as EPC Contractor under Clause No. 4.1.2 means, such EPC Contractor is responsible for all the activities i.e. Design/Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning of a project/work.

4.2.0FINANCIAL CRITERIA

4.2.1The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR Rs. 25 Crore (Indian Rupees Twenty Five Crore only) during the preceding three (3) financial years as on last date of submission of application for enlistment.

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 Application for Enlistment, 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.

4.2.2Net 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.

4.2.3In 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:

(i)Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of its Holding Company.

(ii)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 submission of Application for Enlistment 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 submission of Application for Enlistment and the Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant certifying the financial parameters is not available.

Notes for Clause 4.2.0:

a.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.

b.Other income shall not be considered for arriving at annual turnover.

c.“Holding Company” and “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning ascribed to them as per Companies Act of India.

5.0NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel/withdraw the Invitation for Application without assigning any reason whatsoever and in such case no bidder / intending bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action.

6.0A complete set of Application Documents may be downloaded by any interested applicant 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 who are not allotted any vendor code, are required to approach NTPC at least Three (03) working days prior to Document Downloading Close Date along with duly filled in questionnaire for issue of vendor code and SRM user ID/password.

Note: No hard copy of Application Documents shall be issued.

7.0Issuance of Enlistment Application Documents to any applicant shall not construe that such Applicant is considered qualified. Application shall be submitted online. Applicant shall furnish Integrity Pact and Power of Attorney separately offline as detailed in Enlistment Documents before the stipulated enlistment application closing date and time at the address given below.

8.0Transfer of Enlistment Documents purchased by one intending applicant to another is not permissible.

9.0Address 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. +91-120-4947373, +91-120-2410880, Fax:

+91-120-2410251; Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in

Email: akgupta01@ntpc.co.in/ rahulgoel@ntpc.co.in or at office.