INVITATION FOR BIDS
AUSC R&D Project at Mouda-II
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. CS-0011-760-9
Evaporator Outlet temperature mapping package
SECTION - I (IFB)
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
CORPORATE CONTRACTS, NOIDA
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
EVAPORATOR OUTLET TEMPERATURE MAPPING PACKAGE
FOR
ADVANCE ULTRA SUPER CRITICAL (AUSC) R&D PROJECT
AT NTPC MOUDA STPP, STAGE-II (2x660MW)
LOCATED AT
MOUDA, DISTRICT NAGPUR, STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: 40087936 Date: 25.01.2019
Bidding Document No.: CS-0011-760-9
1.0 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 briefly mentioned hereinafter:
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
The brief scope of work for the evaporator outlet temperature mapping project includes
design, engineering, manufacturing, inspection and testing, packing, forwarding to site,
unloading, pre-assembly, assembly, erection, supervision, pre-commissioning, trial operation
and commissioning and performance testing of system etc. of thermocouples at water wall
outlet tubes along with control and instrumentation system including DDCMIS, integration
with existing control system, platform extension, insulation refurbishment etc. and supply of
mandatory spares as per the Technical Specification.
3.0 NTPC intends to finance subject Package through Domestic Commercial Borrowings/Own
sources.
4.0 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 at
12.0 and as per the following schedule:
Issuance of IFB
25.01.2019
Bidding Document Sale Date &
Time
From 01.02.2019 to 08.02.2019 upto 1730 Hrs. (IST)
Last Date for receipt of queries
from bidders (if any)
13.02.2019
Bid Receipt Date & Time
Upto 20.02.2019 by 1430 Hrs. (IST)
Bid Opening Date & Time for
Techno-Commercial Bid
20.02.2019 at 1500 Hrs. (IST)
Price Bid Opening Date & Time
Shall be intimated separately by NTPC.
Cost of Bidding Document
INR 4,500/- (Indian Rupees Four Thousand Five only)
INVITATION FOR BIDS
AUSC R&D Project at Mouda-II
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. CS-0011-760-9
Evaporator Outlet temperature mapping package
SECTION - I (IFB)
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5.0 All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of INR 10,00,000/- (Indian
Rupees Ten Lakh only) in the form as stipulated in the Bidding documents.
ANY BID NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCEPTABLE BID SECURITY IN SEPARATE
SEALED ENVELOPE SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE EMPLOYER AS NON-
RESPONSIVE AND SHALL NOT BE OPENED.
6.0 QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR BIDDERS
The Bidder should meet the qualifying requirements of any one of the qualifying routes
stipulated under clause 1.1 or 1.2. In addition, the Bidder should also meet the requirements
stipulated under clause 2.0 together with the requirements stipulated under section ITB.
1.0 Technical criteria:
1.1 Route-1: Qualified Steam Generator Manufacturer (QSGM)
The bidder should have supplied, erected/ supervised erection, tested and commissioned/
supervised commissioning of at least one number of pulverized coal fired steam generator
rated for a minimum 600 T/hr steaming capacity, which should have been in successful
operation in at least one (1) power station for a period not less than one (1) year prior to the
date of Techno Commercial bid opening.
OR
1.2 Route-2: JV between an R&M organization and a QSGM
(i) The bidder shall be a joint venture between firms comprising of:
(a) An organization in the field of renovation and modernization of thermal power plants
incorporated in India and who have executed renovation and modernization work of at least
one number of pulverized coal fired steam generators having steaming capacity of 375
tons/hr or above at super heater outlet which should have been in successful operation in at
least one (1) power station for a period not less than one (1) year prior to the date of Techno
Commercial bid opening.
AND
(b) An organization which meets the requirements of Para 1.1 above i.e. the QSGM.
(ii) The joint venture partners as at clause 1.2 (i) above should necessarily identify one of the
partners as the lead partner. The joint venture should provide along with the techno
commercial bid a joint venture agreement, as per the format enclosed in the bidding
documents, in which the partners in the joint venture are jointly and severally liable to the
employer to perform all the contractual obligations. The Joint Venture Agreement should be
submitted along with the techno commercial bid, failing which the bidder shall be disqualified
and its bid rejected. In this case, the bid security and in the event of award, the performance
bank guarantee shall be in the name of all the partners of the joint venture.
Note to clause 1.1 & 1.2
(i) ‘’Qualified Steam Generator Manufacturer (QSGM)’’ means an entity meeting the
requirements stipulated at clause 1.1.
(ii) Whenever the term 'coal fired' is appearing above, "Coal" shall be deemed to also include
bituminous coal/sub-bituminous coal/brown coal / lignite.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
AUSC R&D Project at Mouda-II
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. CS-0011-760-9
Evaporator Outlet temperature mapping package
SECTION - I (IFB)
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2.0 Financial Criteria for Qualification
2.1 Financial Criteria of Bidder for Qualification
a) 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 101 Million
(Indian Rupees One hundred and one Million 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. For Joint Venture/Consortiums bid, all the
partners of the Joint venture / Consortium shall be collectively required to meet the turnover
criteria.
b) Net worth of the bidder should not be less than 100% (hundred percent) of its paid up share
capital as on the last day of the preceding financial year on the date of Techno-commercial
bid opening. 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 company 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.
For Consortiums/Joint Ventures , the Net worth of all Consortium/Joint Venture members in
combined manner should not be less than 100% (hundred percent) of their 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.
c) 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 for substantiation
of its qualification:
(i) Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Bidder along with copies
of the audited consolidated financial statements of its Holding Company.
(ii) A Certificate from the CEO/CFO of the Holding Company, as per the format enclosed with
the bidding documents, stating that the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements form
part of the consolidated financial statements of the Holding 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
INVITATION FOR BIDS
AUSC R&D Project at Mouda-II
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. CS-0011-760-9
Evaporator Outlet temperature mapping package
SECTION - I (IFB)
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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.
Notes for clause 2.1
(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.
(ii) Other income shall not be considered for arriving at annual turnover.
(iii) “Holding Company” and “Subsidiary Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to them as
per Companies Act of India.
(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.
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 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.
9.0 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, Joint Venture / Consortium Agreement (if applicable) and Power of
Attorney separately offline as detailed in Bidding Documents by the stipulated bid
submission closing date and time at the address given below.
10.0 Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not
permissible. However, in case of JV bid, purchase of bidding documents is permissible by
any one of the members of the proposed Joint Venture.
11.0 NTPC shall allow purchase preference, as indicated in the bidding documents, to bids from
local suppliers as defined in the bidding documents. The bidders may apprise themselves of
the relevant provisions of bidding documents in this regard before submission of their bids.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
AUSC R&D Project at Mouda-II
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. CS-0011-760-9
Evaporator Outlet temperature mapping package
SECTION - I (IFB)
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12.0 Address for communication:
Manager (C&M) / AGM (C&M)
NTPC Limited,
Sixth Floor, Engineering Office Complex,
Plot A-8A, Sector-24, NOIDA,
Distt.-Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh,
PIN-201301, India
Fax No: +91-120-2410284/ 2410011
Tele. No. +91-120-3778669/ 3776671
e-mail: vibhavrastogi@ntpc.co.in/ ashokkumar06@ntpc.co.in
Websites: https://etender.ntpclakshya.co.in or www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in
13.0 Registered Office
NTPC Limited
NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex,
7, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi – 110003
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966.
Website: www.ntpc.co.in