INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir
of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of
Uttar Pradesh
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5745-004-9(R)
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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 Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir of NTPC
Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh
(International Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: RE-CS-5745-004-9(R) Date: 02.08.2019
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5745-004-9(R)
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 Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir of
NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh.
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 minimum 20 MW Floating Solar PV project at reservoir of NTPC Auraiya.
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 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 and CMCS.
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 26.4 MWp (minimum).
INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir
of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of
Uttar Pradesh
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5. Construction of Inverter room with Power conditioning unit and associated LT and HT
switchgear (local pooling switchgear) of 33 kV voltage class. In case of String Inverter,
Construction of HT Switchgear room.
6. Construction of Central Monitoring and Control Station with switchgear room, with all
electrical fitting and furniture, security cabin etc.
7. Supply and Installation of 33 kV pooling Switchgear panel to be connected with Main
Pooling Switchgear of Ground Mount Solar PV Project.
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 feeder using 33 kV cable or overhead conductor at 33 kV
Main pooling switchgear.
10. 33 kV switchgear equipment and metering at 33 kV level as per specifications
11. Solar Module cleaning system.
12. SCADA system for remote monitoring and 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) years 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-5745-
004-9(R).
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-5745-004-9(R)
IFB Date
02.08.2019
Document Sale Commencement Date
06.08.2019
Document Sale Close Date & Time
20.08.2019
17:00:00 (IST)
Last Date for receipt of queries from
prospective Bidders
23.08.2019
INVITATION FOR BID
Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir
of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of
Uttar Pradesh
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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
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid
and Price Bid
05.09.2019
17:00:00 (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
06.09.2019
10:30:00 (IST)
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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Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir
of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of
Uttar Pradesh
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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 721 Million (INR Seven Hundred and Twenty
one 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 furnished
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Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir
of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of
Uttar Pradesh
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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 721 Million
(INR Seven Hundred and Twenty one 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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Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir
of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of
Uttar Pradesh
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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.
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.
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Development of 20 MW Floater Solar Power Project at the Reservoir
of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant at Dibiyapur in Auraiya district of
Uttar Pradesh
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8.0 Interested parties are required to get registered with (ETS) 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. After registration with ETS and payment of the cost of bidding
documents as above, a complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded by
any interested Bidder from Portal https://www.bharat-electronictender.com with
Tender Search Code NTPC-2019-TN000010. Interested parties are required to
ensure that they have downloaded the official copy of bidding documents against
Tender Search code- NTPC-2019-TN000010. from abovementioned website of ETS
after getting registered with ETS 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) / 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. +91-120-2410880,
+91-120-3777371, Fax: +91-120-2410251;
Email:akgupta01@ntpc.co.in/ sagardhingra@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website:
www.ntpc.co.in
