NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
SUPPLY OF 02 NOS. OF ELECTRIC BUSES AND ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
FOR A PERIOD OF 05 YEARS
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
NIT No.: 40087823 Date: 04.10.2018
Bidding Document No.: RE-CS-EV-BD-BUS-02
1.0 NTPC Limited, invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single Stage Two Envelope
Basis (i.e. Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid) for “SUPPLY
OF 02 NOS. OF ELECTRIC BUSES AND ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR
A PERIOD OF 05 YEARS” as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter.
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of the proposal includes Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Proto-type
testing (at manufacturer’s works) and it’s approval from NTPC, supply of 02 Nos. of
Electric Buses, testing, conducting all routine and acceptance tests and trial run at Delhi
NCR region for a period of 15 days, obtaining requisite regulatory approvals from
statutory authorities, providing training to the drivers and Maintenance services for a
period of five (5) years from the date of operationalization of electric bus being supplied
under the subject contract. The scope also includes providing technical inputs related to
battery and battery management system (BMS) data required for design of electric
vehicle chargers and providing support in works related to BMS interfaces etc. during
commissioning of electric vehicle chargers.
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.:RE-CS-EV-BD-
BUS-02.
3.0 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.
40087823
IFB Date
04.10.2018
Document Sale Commencement
Date
04.10.2018
Document Sale Close Date & Time
22.10.2018
Upto 1700 Hrs (IST)
Last date for receipt of queries from
prospective bidders
26.10.2018
Last Date and Time for receipt of
bids comprising both Techno-
Commercial Bid and Price Bid
05.11.2018
Upto 1430 Hrs (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
05.11.2018
1500 Hrs (IST)
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR
(Non-refundable)
INR 2,250/- (Indian Rupees Two Thousand
Two Hundred Fifty Only) in favour of “NTPC
Limited” payable at Noida.
4.0 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 2,00,000/- (Rupees
Two Lakhs Only) in favour of NTPC Limited and 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 NTPC AS BEING
NON-RESPONSIVE AND RETURNED TO THE BIDDER WITHOUT BEING OPENED.
6.0 Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:
The bidder should meet the qualifying requirements stipulated hereunder in clauses 1.0
and Clause 2.0.
1.0 TECHNICAL CRITERIA
1.1 The bidder should be a manufacturer of an Electric Bus, having manufacturing
facility in India. The Bidder should have completed homologation requirements
with National Automotive Board designated centers for at least one (1) electric
bus of minimum 9 m length as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening.
Notes: Bidder shall submit documents in support of
a. Homologation test completion certificate from the National Automotive
Board designated centers.
2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA
2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 205
Lakhs (Indian Rupees Two Hundred and five Lakhs 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.
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 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 Noida /
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.
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, Power of Attorney & any other document specified in the bid documents,
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:
For the detailed IFB and bidding documents please visit at
https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in, www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in or may
contact 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-
4947382, Fax: +91-120-2410251
Email: skdas01@ntpc.co.in / pranaysharma@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in