NTPC LIMITED

(A Government of India Enterprise)

Renewable Energy – Contracts Services.

NOTICE INVING APPLICATIONS (NIA)

FOR

ENLISTMENT OF BIDDERS FOR BALANCE OF SYSTEM (BOS) PACKAGE OF

SOLAR PV PROJECT OF NTPC LTD

NIA No.: NTPC/EOC/9900186363 Dated: 17/09/2019

Bidding Document No: RE-CS-0000-004(BOS-2)-9

1.0 NTPC Ltd. invites online applications from eligible bidders on Single Stage single

Envelope for Enlistment of Bidders for Balance of System (BOS) Package of Solar PV

Project of NTPC.

2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The Scope of Work includes the following:

1. Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation,

unloading storage, installation, testing and commissioning of Solar Photo Voltaic Plant

excluding supply of Solar PV modules

2. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.

3. Construction of foundation & module mounting structure for SPV panels as per NTPC

design.

4. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.

5. Construction of Inverter room (if any) for Power conditioning unit, LT and HT switchgear

and associated transformers. In case of String Inverter, Construction of Pre-Engineered

type HT Switchgear room.

6. Construction of Main Control Room(s) with switchgear room, SCADA room, Store room,

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

etc.

7. Construction of 33 KV pooling switchgear, 33 KV O/H Line, if required, and all associated

electrical and civil works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. transformer(s), breakers,

isolators, panels, protection system, cables, metering at 33 kV level, earthing of

transformer etc.) and evacuation of power to Pooling station through 33 kV cable.

8. Water supply arrangement for module washing including supply and installation of water

washing system.

9. Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing and drainage system.

10. SCADA system for local and remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware

& software.

11. Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipment, consumables

and spare parts for a period of Three years from the date of successful completion of trial

run.

12. Supply of Mandatory spares.

3.0 Detailed Terms & Conditions are given in the enlistment documents, which are available

for examination and sale at our eProcurement Portal (https://eprocurentpc.nic.in) and as

per the following schedule:

EVENT

DATE

Notice Inviting Application No.

17.09.2019

Commencement Date for Issuance of

Application for Enlistment

17.09.2019

Last date for receipt of completed Application

for Enlistment

03.10.2019 at 14:30 Hrs (IST)

Date and Time for Opening of Applications

04.10.2019 at 14:30 Hrs (IST)

Corrigendum, if any, shall be done at our eProcurement Portal

(https://eprocurentpc.nic.in) only.

4.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BIDDERS

The Eligibility Criteria for Enlistment of Bidders for Balance of System (BOS) Package of

Solar PV project of NTPC Ltd is as under:

4.1.0 TECHNICAL CRITERIA

4.1.1 The Bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection and

commissioned/ supervised commissioning of Balance of Systems of Solar Photo Voltaic

(SPV) based grid connected power plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40 MWp or

above, out of which at least one plant should have been of 10 MWp capacity or above. The

reference plant of 10 MWp or above capacity must have been in successful operation for

at least six (6) months prior to the last date of submission of Application for Enlistment.

4.1.2 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 above, out of which at least one plant

should have been of 10 MWp capacity or above. The reference plant of 10 MWp or above

capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to the last

date of submission of Application for Enlistment.

4.1.3 (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 80 Crore (Indian Rupees Eighty 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 last date of submission of Application for Enlistment.

(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 last date of submission of

Application for Enlistment.

The works referred to at clause 4.1.3 (a) & 4.1.3 (b) can be in same or different projects

4.1.4 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 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or 4.1.3 above. In such a case, Bidder shall furnish an Undertaking

jointly executed by the firm qualified as per clause 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or 4.1.3 and the Bidder

along with its Enlistment Application for complete performance of the contract (in case of

award) jointly or severally, as per the format enclosed in the Enlistment document failing

which the Bidder’s Enlistment Application is liable to be rejected.

Notes:

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. The Balance of Systems, under Clause 4.1.1, refers to works related to minimum three of

the following four areas in a Solar PV plant:

(i) Civil works including Module Mounting Structures

(ii) Invertors(Power Conditioning Units)

(iii) Invertor Transformers

(iv) Cables and Cabling works

c. SPV based Roof-top solar power projects, which are grid connected, shall also be

considered eligible for QR purposes.

d. Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and operation from the Owner.

e. 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.

f. 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 by the Bidder along

with its Application for Enlistment 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.

g. In case of developer as Bidder in clause 4.1.2 or 4.1.3, the documentary evidence (certified

by Chartered Accountant) for value of executed reference work must be submitted by the

Bidder.

h. Developer means an entity who has either executed or got executed the work/ project as

owner of industrial projects.

i. The execution of industrial project as EPC Contractor under Clause No. 4.1.3 means, such

EPC Contractor is responsible for all the activities i.e. Design/Engineering, Procurement,

Construction and Commissioning of a project/work.

4.2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA

4.2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 80 Crores (Indian

Rupees Eighty Crore Only) during the preceding three (3) completed financial years as on

last date of submission of Application for Enlistment.

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

Application for Enlistment, a Letter of Undertaking from the Holding Company, supported

by the Holding Company’s Board Resolution, as per the format enclosed in the Enlistment

documents, pledging unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of

the Contract by the Bidder in case of award.

4.2.2 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.

4.2.3 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 submission of

Application for Enlistment 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 submission of

Application for Enlistment and the Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant

certifying the financial parameters is not available.

Notes for Clause 4.2.0:

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.

5.0 NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel/withdraw the Invitation for

Application without assigning any reason whatsoever and in such case no bidder /

intending bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action.

5.0 A complete set of Application Documents may be downloaded by any interested

applicant directly from e-procurement Portal (https://eprocurentpc.nic.in).

Note: No hard copy of Application Documents shall be issued.

7.0 Issuance of Enlistment Application Documents to any applicant shall not construe that

such Applicant is considered qualified. Application shall be submitted online. Applicant

shall furnish Integrity Pact and Power of Attorney separately offline as detailed in

Enlistment Documents before the stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the

address given below.

8.0 Transfer of Enlistment Documents downloaded by one intending applicant to another is

not permissible.

9.0 Address for communication:

For the detailed IFB and bidding documents please visit at

https://www.eprocurentpc.nic.in, www.ntpctender.com or www.ntpc.co.in or may contact

AGM (RE-CS)/DGM (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- 4947380/ 2410722

Email: skdas01@ntpc.co.in/ ratansingh@ntpc.co.in

Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website: www.ntpc.co.in