INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 100 MW Floating Solar PV Project at NTPC
Ramagundam in Telangana
Bidding Document No.: RE-CS-5747-004-9
Section-I
Invitation For Bids
(IFB)
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
Development of 100 MW Floating Solar PV Project at
NTPC Ramagundam in Telangana
(International Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: RE-CS-5747-004-9 Date: 18.12.2018
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5747-004-9
1.0 NTPC Ltd. invites online bids from eligible bidders under International Competitive
Bidding (ICB) mode on Single Stage Two Envelope (i.e. Envelope-I: Techno-
Commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid) bidding process followed by Reverse
Auction for Development of 100 MW Floating Solar PV Project at NTPC
Ramagundam in Telangana. 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 100 MW Floating Solar PV project at NTPC RAMAGUNDAM. 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 detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5747-
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:
IFB No.
RE-CS-5747-004-9
IFB Date
18.12.2018
Document Sale Commencement Date
18.12.2018
Document Sale Close Date & Time
10.01.2019
INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 100 MW Floating Solar PV Project at NTPC
Ramagundam in Telangana
Bidding Document No.: RE-CS-5747-004-9
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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 5,00,00,000/-
(Indian Rupees Five Crores 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.
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 40 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 40 MWp or higher, out of which at least one plant
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for
receipt of queries from prospective
Bidders
15.01.2019
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial
Bid and Price Bid
29.01.2019
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
30.01.2019
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)
INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 100 MW Floating Solar PV Project at NTPC
Ramagundam in Telangana
Bidding Document No.: RE-CS-5747-004-9
Section-I
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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
1.3 (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 2328 Million (Indian Rupees Two thousand three hundred and twenty
eight 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 at clause 1.3 (a) & 1.3 (b) can be in same or different projects.
OR
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 1.1 or 1.2 or 1.3 above. In such a case, Bidder shall furnish an Undertaking jointly
executed by the firm qualified as per clause 1.1 or 1.2 or 1.3 and the Bidder along with its bid
for complete performance of the contract (in case of award) jointly or severally as per format
enclosed in the bid document failing which the Bidder’s bid is liable to be rejected.
Notes for Clause 1.0
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.
c. 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.
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 directly from
either 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.
INVITATION FOR BID
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Ramagundam in Telangana
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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 2328 Million (Indian
Rupees Two thousand three hundred and twenty eight million only) or in equivalent
foreign currency 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 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.
INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 100 MW Floating Solar PV Project at NTPC
Ramagundam in Telangana
Bidding Document No.: RE-CS-5747-004-9
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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
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.
d. 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 get registered with M/s Telecommunications
Consultants 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-
TN000017. Interested parties are required to ensure that they have downloaded the
official copy of Bidding documents against Tender Search code- NTPC-2018-
TN000017 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.
INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 100 MW Floating Solar PV Project at NTPC
Ramagundam in Telangana
Bidding Document No.: RE-CS-5747-004-9
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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:
AGM (RE-CS) / Manager (RE-CS)
NTPC Limited, RE-Contracts Services
Room No. 220, R&D Building,
Engg. Office Complex. Annexe,
Plot A-8A, Sector 24, Noida-201301,
Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar,
State of U.P., India
Tel No. 91-120- 2410722 / 3777382
Email: - skdas01@ntpc.co.in, pranaysharma@ntpc.co.in
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in