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RIHAND

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5757-004-9

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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 SOLAR PV PROJECT AT NTPC- RIHAND

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: RE-CS-5757-004-9 Date: 19.07.2019

Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5757-004-9

1.0 NTPC invites online bids from eligible bidders on Single Stage Two Envelope Basis (i.e.

Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid) with Reverse Auction for

Development of aforesaid Project using Domestic Competitive Bidding (DCB) basis through

Open Category as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter.

2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply, Packing and Forwarding, Transportation, Unloading,

Storage, Installation and Commissioning of grid connected capacity of 20 MW Solar PV project on

turnkey basis under open category of Cell and Modules category at RIHAND, UP.

The scope includes the following:

(i) Operation & maintenance of complete Solar PV plant along with electrical equipment,

consumables and spare parts for a period of Three (03) years from the date of

successful completion of trial run.

(ii) Scope of Work for Solar Plant upto 11kV side of 11/132 kV Tie Transformer:

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 cells and modules.

2. Topographical survey & Geo-Technical investigation

3. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.

4. Design and construction of foundation & mounting structure for SPV panels.

5. Arranging power supply and water supply for construction purposes.

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6. Construction of Pre-Engineering type Inverter room with Power condition unit associated LT

and HT switchgear. In case of String Inverter, construction of Pre-Engineered type HT

Switchgear room.

7. Construction of Central Monitoring and Control Station with switchgear room, SCADA room,

Store room, Battery room with all electrical fitting and furniture, fencing of SPV plant,

security cabin etc.

8. All associated electrical and civil works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. transformers,

breakers, isolators, panels, protection system, earthing of transformer etc.) and evacuation

of power upto the 11kV side of 11/132 kV transformer through 11kV cable/overhead line.

9. Water supply arrangement, if applicable for module cleaning including supply and

installation of water washing system.

10. Construction of internal roads, pathways, and drainage system.

11. Chain link fencing of both the location.

12. SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware & software.

13. Supply of Mandatory spares.

(iii) Scope of Work for 11/132 kV Grid Substation:

Bill of Quantities for 11/132 kV Grid Substation are mentioned below:

I. MAIN EQUIPMENT

(Design, Engineering, Supply, Erection, Testing & Commissioning)

No.

Description

1Nos of 11/132 kV, 25 MVA Tie-Transformer, OLTC +/-10% in steps of

2.5%, complete in all respects

132KV CT as per Tender SLD

132KV PT as per Tender SLD

ABT metering at 132kV level,

Nitrogen Injection System for 1 No. of 25 MVA Transformer along with

all associated accessories.

Miscellaneous Civil Works associated with 1 no. of 25 MVA

Transformers including oil pit, rail cum road, jacking pads and firewalls

(as required), roads, drains, cable trenches, fencing, gate, gravel filling,

anti-weed treatment and any other civil works required for completion of

system.

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The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5757-

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 downloading at e-

tender portal (as specified in this notice) and as per the following schedule:

4.1 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 1,00,00,000/-

(Indian Rupees One Crore 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:

IFB No.

RE-CS-5757-004-9

IFB Date

19.07.2019

Period of Downloading of Bidding

Documents

From 20.07.2019 to 09.08.2019

Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for

receipt of queries from prospective Bidders

16.08.2019

Last Date and Time for receipt of bids

comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid

and Price Bid

27.08.2019

1700 Hrs (IST)

Date & Time of opening of Techno-

Commercial Bid

28.08.2019

1100 Hrs (IST)

Date and Time of start of Reverse Auction

Shall be Intimated separately by

NTPC

Cost of Bidding Documents in INR

Rs 22500.00

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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 4 MWp or higher capacity. The reference plant of 4

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.

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 4 MWp or higher capacity. The reference plant of 4 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.

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 Rs.67Crore (Indian Rupees Sixty seven Crore 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.

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

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a. The reference SPV based grid-connected power plant of 4MWp or above capacity

should be at a single location developed by Bidder for itself or any other client.

b. SPV based Roof-top/Floating 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.

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.

i. The portion of work related to power transformer such as supply and or installation

mentioned at cl. no. 1.3 (b) can either be done by EPC contractor by themselves or

by the owner.

2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA

2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than of Rs. 67 Crore

(Indian Rupees Sixty seven crore only) 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

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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 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

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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.

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 ISN Electronic Tender

Services website https://www.bharat-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 ETS Portal (https://www.bharat-

electronictender.com). After registration, a complete set of Bidding Documents

may be downloaded by any interested Bidder from ETS Portal https://www.bharat-

electronictender.com with Tender Search Code NTPC-2019-TN000009 after

payment of the tender fee. Interested parties are required to ensure that they have

downloaded the official copy of Bidding documents against Tender Search code-

NTPC-2019-TN000009 from abovementioned website without which they will not be

able to submit their bids. For technical assistance call ETS Helpdesk at 0124-

4229071, 0124-4229072.

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:

Addl. General Manager (Renewable Energy-Contract Services) /Sr. Manager

(Renewable Energy-Contract Services), NTPC Limited, Room No. 220, R&D

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