DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID  
NTPC LIMITED  
(
A Govt. of India Enterprise)  
CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA  
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)  
FOR  
AUGMENTATION / MODIFICATION WORKS OF ONE COOLING TOWER PACKAGE  
FOR  
RIHAND SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT STAGE-III (2X500 MW)  
AT  
RIHANDNAGAR, DISTRICT SONEBHADRA, STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA  
(International Competitive Bidding)  
IFB No. : 40079335  
Bidding Document No. : CS-1240-135B-9  
Date: 10.09.2018  
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NTPC invites online Bids on 'Single Stage Two Envelope' bidding basis (Envelope-I:  
Techno-Commercial Bid & Envelope-II: Price Bid) from eligible Bidders for aforesaid  
package, as per the Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.  
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BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK  
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Design, Engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Construction, Erection, Testing &  
Commissioning works for Augmentation / Modification of existing one Induced draft  
Cooling Tower.  
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All associated civil, control & instrumentation works & allied works of one cooling  
tower at site as per specifications and scope defined in bidding documents of  
“
Augmentation/Modification of one Cooling Tower Package”.  
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BREIF DESCRIPTION OF AUGMENTATION/MODIFICATION WORKS  
Four (4) numbers Main cooling towers have been already provided by employer in  
Rihand Super Thermal Power Project Stage-III (2x500 MW) for condenser and unit  
auxiliary cooling water purpose. As the achieved cold water temperature is higher than  
design cold water temperature it is proposed to modify/augment the existing one  
cooling tower to achieve the design cold water temperature.  
The scope includes Design, Engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Construction, Erection,  
Testing & Commissioning works for Augmentation/Modification of existing one Induced  
RIHAND SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT  
STAGE-III (2X500 MW)  
AUGMENTATION / MODIFICATION WORKS OF ONE  
COOLING TOWER PACKAGE  
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BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: CS-1240-135B-9  
SECTION-I (IFB)  
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID  
draft Cooling Tower and associated equipment’s for Rihand Super Thermal Power  
Project-stage-III (2 X 500 MW).  
The Technical features of the Existing Cooling Towers are as follows:-  
Type of existing cooling tower  
Induced Draft RCC cooling Tower,  
Double Inlet Type  
Number of existing Cooling Towers  
4 (Four) numbers  
(
One  
no  
for  
Augmentation/  
Modification in this package)  
9 (Nine) numbers (8W+1S)  
30,000 Cu.M/hr  
Number of total cells per Cooling Tower  
Design flow for each Cooling tower  
Range of Cooling  
10 deg. C.  
Design Cold Water temperature  
Design ambient wet bulb temperature  
32.5 deg C.  
27.4 deg C.  
Detailed scope of work shall be as per specifications and scope defined in Bidding Document No.  
CS-1240-135B-9 for Augmentation / Modification works of one cooling tower package for Rihand  
Super Thermal Power Project Stage-III (2x500 MW).  
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NTPC intends to finance the subject package through External Commercial Borrowings  
DCB)/Own Resources.  
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Detailed specification, scope of work and terms & conditions are given in the bidding  
documents, which are available for examination and sale as per the following schedule:  
Bid Document No.  
:
:
CS-1240-135B-9  
Bid Document Sale Date  
From 12.09.2018 to 19.09.2018 up to 1800  
Hrs (IST)  
Last Date of receipt of queries  
from Bidder's (if any)  
:
:
26.09.2018  
Date & Time of receipt of bid  
Up to 12.10.2018 by 1500 Hrs. (IST)  
Comprising both Techno- Commercial  
Bid and Price Bid  
Date & Time of opening of  
Techno-Commercial Bid  
:
:
12.10.2018 at 1530 hrs (IST)  
Date & Time of opening of  
Price Bid  
To be intimated separately by NTPC  
RIHAND SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT  
AUGMENTATION / MODIFICATION WORKS OF ONE  
COOLING TOWER PACKAGE  
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STAGE-III (2X500 MW)  
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: CS-1240-135B-9  
SECTION-I (IFB)  
DETAILED INVITATION FOR BID  
Cost of Bidding Document  
:
INR 3375/- (Rupees Three Thousand Three  
hundred Seventy Five only) per set for Indian  
Bidders and  
USD 75/- (US Dollar Seventy Five only per set for  
Foreign Bidders.  
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All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of INR 10,00,000/- (Indian  
Rupees Ten Lakhs only) or USD 14,000/- (US Dollar Fourteen Thousand only) which  
shall be submitted offline prior to date and time for online bid submission.  
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 BIDDERS WITHOUT BEING  
OPENED.  
7.0  
QUALIFYING REQUIREMENT FOR BIDDERS  
In addition to the requirements stipulated in Section Instructions to Bidders (ITB), the  
following shall also apply:  
1.0  
Technical Criteria  
1.1  
The Bidder should have designed by itself, constructed and commissioned at least  
one (1) number Counter flow Induced Draught Cooling Tower in RCC or Pultruded  
Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Construction of capacity not less than 13000  
m3/hr which should have been in successful operation for at least one (1) year prior  
to the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening.  
OR  
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.2 a) The Bidder should be a wholly or partially (with minimum 51% holding) held Indian  
subsidiary of a firm who in turn meets the requirements of clause 1.1 above. Further,  
the Bidder either on its own or along with its holding company should have  
executed/be executing at least one contract involving design, construction and  
commissioning of at least one (1) number Counter flow Induced Draught Cooling  
Tower in RCC/Pultruded Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Construction of  
capacity not less than 6500 m3/hr.  
b) The Bidder should furnish a Deed of Joint Undertaking (DJU) jointly executed by it and  
its Holding Company (i.e. the firm meeting requirements of clause 1.1 above) in which  
the executants of Deed of Joint Undertaking shall be jointly and severally liable to the  
Employer for successful performance of the contract as per format enclosed in  
bidding documents. The DJU should at least cover the complete design support, the  
supervision of construction and recommissioning of the cooling tower. This Deed of  
Joint Undertaking should be submitted along with Techno-Commercial bid, failing  
which the Bidder shall be disqualified and its bid shall be rejected. In case of award,  
the Holding Company of the Bidder (i.e. the firm meeting requirements of clause 1.1  
above) will be required to furnish an on-demand bank guarantee as per format  
enclosed in the bidding documents for an amount of 2 % (Two percent) of the total  
RIHAND SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT  
STAGE-III (2X500 MW)  
AUGMENTATION / MODIFICATION WORKS OF ONE  
COOLING TOWER PACKAGE  
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contract price in addition to the contract performance security to be furnished by the  
Bidder.  
Notes:-  
a) "Design by itself' means that the tower(s) of reference plant must have been  
designed by the bidder's own engineers. Tower(s) designed by  
consultant/collaborator/associate of the bidder shall not be considered.  
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Financial Criteria  
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Financial Criteria of Bidder  
.1.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, in the preceding three (3) financial  
years as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening, should not be less than  
INR 62 Million (Rupees Sixty Two Millions only) or in equivalent foreign  
currency.  
In case a Bidder does not satisfy the average 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.  
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.1. 2 Net worth should not be less than 100% (hundred percent) of the bidder's paid  
up share capital as on the last day of the preceding financial year. In case the  
Bidder does not meet 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. In such a case, however 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.  
RIHAND SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT  
STAGE-III (2X500 MW)  
AUGMENTATION / MODIFICATION WORKS OF ONE  
COOLING TOWER PACKAGE  
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.1.3 In case the Bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on stand  
alone entity basis, the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the  
Bidder can be considered acceptable provided the Bidder furnishes the following  
further documents on substantiation of its qualification:  
(
i)  
Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder  
alongwith copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of its  
Holding Company.  
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ii)  
A 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 Annual  
Report of the Company.  
In cases where audited results for the last financial year as on the date of Techno  
Commercial bid opening are not available, the financial results certified by a  
practicing Chartered Accountant shall be considered acceptable. In case, Bidder  
is not able to submit the Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant  
certifying its financial parameters, the audited results of three consecutive  
financial years preceding the last financial year shall be considered for evaluating  
the 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 the date of Techno-  
commercial bid opening and the Certificate from the practicing Chartered  
Accountant certifying the financial parameters is not available.  
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.2.0 Financial Criteria for the Holding Company (in case of Bidder participating  
through clause 1.2)  
The Holding company should meet the financial criteria as given in clause 2.1 for  
Bidder.  
NOTES:  
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i)  
Net worth means the sum total of the paid up share capital and free reserves. Free  
reserve 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)  
iii)  
Other income shall not be considered for arriving at annual turnover.  
"Holding Company" and "Subsidiary Company" shall have the meaning ascribed to  
them as per Companies Act of India.  
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iv)  
For annual 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.  
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STAGE-III (2X500 MW)  
AUGMENTATION / MODIFICATION WORKS OF ONE  
COOLING TOWER PACKAGE  
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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.  
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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 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.  
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0.0 Issuance of bid documents to any Bidder shall not construe that such bidder is considered  
to be qualified. Bids shall be submitted online and opened at the address given below in the  
presence of Bidder's representatives who choose to attend the bid opening. Bidder shall  
furnish Bid Security, Integrity Pact, Power of Attorney and Joint Deed of Undertaking(s) (if  
applicable) separately offline as detailed in Bidding Documents by the stipulated bid  
submission closing date and time at the address given below.  
11.0 Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not  
permissible.  
12.0 Address for Communication:  
AGM (Contract Services-II) / Sr. Manager (Contract Services-II)  
NTPC Limited,  
6th Floor, Engineering Office Complex,  
A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA,  
Distt. Gautam Buddha Nagar, (UP), INDIA  
Pin - 201301  
Fax No.: 0091 - 120 - 2410011  
Tel. No.: 0091 - 120 – 4948610/4946662/4946680  
E-mail: satrajitkumar@ntpc.co.in or bmandal@ntpc.co.in or akchhabra@ntpc.co.in  
Websites: https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in or www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in  
RIHAND SUPER THERMAL POWER PROJECT  
STAGE-III (2X500 MW)  
AUGMENTATION / MODIFICATION WORKS OF ONE  
COOLING TOWER PACKAGE  
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