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Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at NTPC Anta
Gas Power Station
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
Development of 20 MW Floating Solar Power Project at NTPC Anta Gas Power
Station, Anta, Rajasthan
(International Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: NTPC-2019-TN000003 Date: 11.01.2019
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5744-004-9
1.0 NTPC Ltd. invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single Stage Two Envelope
(i.e. Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid) with Reverse
Auction for Development of 20 MW Floating Solar Power Project at NTPC Anta
Gas Power Station, Anta, Rajasthan. 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 20 MW Floating Solar PV Project at NTPC Anta Gas Power Station,
Anta, Rajasthan.
Bidder shall provide comprehensive operation & maintenance of the plant & power
evacuation system for a period of (3) Three year from the date of successful
completion of trial run.
The scope includes the following:
1. Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation,
unloading storage, installation, testing and commissioning of Solar Photo Voltaic
Plant based on Open category PV modules and cells.
2. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation for inverter room.
3. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.
4. Supply of floaters, Installation, anchoring, fixing of floaters for SPV panels,
pathways corresponding to 28 MWp (minimum).
5. Construction of Inverter room with Power conditioning unit associated LT and HT
switchgear.
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6. Supply and Installation of 33 kV pooling Switchgear panel to be connected with
Main Pooling Switchgear of Ground Mount Solar PV Project.
7. Construction of Central Monitoring and Control Station with switchgear room, with
all electrical fitting and furniture, security cabin etc.
8. All associated electrical and civil works required for interfacing with grid (i.e.
transformer(s), breakers, isolators, panels, protection system, cables/ overhead line.
9. Interconnection of 33 kV feeders using 33 kV cable or overhead conductor at
existing owner’s main pooling switchgear at Outdoor switchyard near main plant
building.
10. Metering system as per specifications
11. Solar Module cleaning system.
12. SCADA system for remote monitoring and including control of Inverters with all
hardware & software.
13. Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipment,
consumables and spare parts for a period of 3 (three) year from the date of
successful completion of trial run.
14. Supply of Mandatory spares.
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5744-
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.
NTPC-2019-TN000003
IFB Date
11.01.2019
Document Sale Commencement Date
11.01.2019
Document Sale Close Date & Time
25.01.2019
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for
receipt of queries from prospective Bidders
31.01.2019
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid
and Price Bid
13.02.2019
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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 10,000,000/-
(Indian Rupees Ten Million 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 Clause 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 16 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 16 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
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
14.02.2019
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)
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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 788 Million (INR Seven Hundred and
Eighty 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 to 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 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
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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.
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 788 Million
(INR Seven Hundred and Eighty eight million only) or 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:
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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 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:
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.
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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-2019-TN000003 Interested parties are required to ensure that they
have downloaded the official copy of bidding documents against Tender Search
code- NTPC-2019-TN000003 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.
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:
Deputy General Manager (Renewable Energy-Contract Services) / Dy. 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-
3777592, +91-120-3777408, Fax: +91-120-2410251;
Email:akmishra21@ntpc.co.in/ anandmishra01@ntpc.co.in or at office on all
working days.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website:
www.ntpc.co.in