NTPC LIMITED

(

A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.

NOTICE INVITING APPLICATIONS (NIA)

FOR

ENLISTMENT OF BIDDERS FOR BALANCE OF SYSTEM (BOS) PACKAGE OF

SOLAR PV PROJECT OF NTPC LTD

NIA No: 40087728

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

Dated: 24.08.2018

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NTPC Ltd. invites online applications from eligible bidders on Single Stage single

Envelope for Enlistment of Vendor for Balance of System (BOS) Package of Solar PV

Project of NTPC.

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BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The Scope of Work includes the following:

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. 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.

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. Construction of Inverter room (if any) 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.

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. Construction of 33 KV pooling switchgear, 33 KV O/H Line, if required, and 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.

8. Water supply arrangement for module washing including supply and installation of water

washing system.

9. Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing and drainage system.

10. SCADA system for local and remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all

hardware & software.

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1. Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipment, consumables

and spare parts for a period of Three years from the date of successful completion of

trial run.

12. Supply of Mandatory spares.

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Detailed 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:

EVENT

DATE

Notice Inviting Application No.

24.08.2018

Sale of Application for Enlistment Begins

Last date for sale of Application for Enlistment 07.09.2018

Last date for receipt of completed Application 11.09.2018 at 14:30 Hrs (IST)

for Enlistment

Date and Time for Opening of Applications

11.09.2018 at 15:00 Hrs (IST)

4.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BIDDERS

The Eligibility Criteria for Enlistment of Bidders for Balance of System (BOS) Package of

Solar PV project of NTPC Ltd is as under:

4.1.0 TECHNICAL CRITERIA

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.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 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 last date of

submission of Application for Enlistment.

OR

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.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 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 last date of submission of

Application for Enlistment.

OR

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.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 80 Crore (Indian Rupees Eighty 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 last date of submission

of Application for Enlistment.

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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 last

date of submission of Application for Enlistment.

The works referred to at clause 4.1.3 (a) & 4.1.3 (b) can be in same or different

projects

OR

4.1.4 The Bidder should be an Indian company registered in India and should be Group

company/Holding Company/Subsidiary company of a firm meeting the requirement

(

s) of Clause 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or 4.1.3 above. In such a case, Bidder shall furnish an

Undertaking jointly executed by the firm qualified as per clause 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or

.1.3 and the Bidder along with its Enlistment Application for complete performance

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of the contract (in case of award) jointly or severally, as per the format enclosed in

the Enlistment document failing which the Bidder’s Enlistment Application is liable to

be rejected.

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.

The Balance of Systems, under Clause 4.1.1, refers to works related to

minimum three of the following four areas in a Solar PV plant:

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. Civil works including Module Mounting Structures

. Invertors(Power Conditioning Units)

. Invertor Transformers

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. Cables and Cabling works

c.

d.

e.

SPV based Roof-top solar power projects, which are grid connected, shall

also be considered eligible for QR purposes.

Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and operation from

the Owner.

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 or 4.1.3, the documentary

evidence (certified by Chartered Accountant) for value of executed reference

work must be submitted by the Bidder.

h.

i.

Developer means an entity who has either executed or got executed the

work/ project as owner of industrial projects.

The execution of industrial project as EPC Contractor under Clause No.

4.1.3 means, such EPC Contractor is responsible for all the activities i.e.

Design/Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning of a

project/work.

4.2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA

4.2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 80 Crores

(

Indian Rupees Eighty Crore Only) during the preceding three (3) completed

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 Enlistment documents,

pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the

Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

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.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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.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 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:

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.

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NTPC 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.

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A 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 not allotted any vendor code

are required to approach NTPC at least three 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.

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Issuance 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 bid submission closing date and time at the

address given below.

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Transfer of Enlistment Documents purchased by one intending applicant to another is

not permissible.

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Address for communication:

Addl. General Manager (Renewable Energy-Contract Services) / Dy 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. +91-120-4947380, +91-120-

2410722, Fax: +91-120-2410251;

Email: ratansingh@ntpc.co.in /skdas01@ntpc.co.in or at office.

Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in