INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO
1000MW CAPACITY) UNDER DBDT SCHEME
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5756-004-9
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO 1000MW
CAPACITY) UNDER DBDT SCHEME
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
Date: 15.10.2019
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5756-004-9
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 GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S)
(UPTO 1000MW CAPACITY) UNDER DBDT SCHEME PHASE under open
category of PV cells and modules.
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR
PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO 1000MW CAPACITY) UNDER DBDT SCHEME
Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply, Packing and Forwarding, Transportation, Unloading,
Storage, Installation and Commissioning of grid connected capacity of 50MW to 300 MW Solar PV
project on turnkey basis under open category of PV cells and modules, located anywhere in India.
Project Aggregate capacity: 1000MW
Scheme type: Develop Build Demonstrate Transfer
Block capacity: Minimum 50MW and higher in multiples of 10MW
Max capacity to single bidder: 300MW
The scope includes the following:
(i) Scope of Work for Solar Plant up to ISTS Sub-Station:
1. Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation,
unloading storage, installation, testing and commissioning of Solar Photo Voltaic Plant
based on open category of PV cells and modules.
2. Complete transfer of ownership/sub-lease of land/water body right in favour of NTPC Ltd
INVITATION FOR BID
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1000MW CAPACITY) UNDER DBDT SCHEME
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3. Facilitate for the connectivity application by NTPC.
4. Topographical survey & Geo-Technical investigation of the land and bathymetry survey of
water body (if applicable).
5. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.
6. Design and construction of foundation & mounting structure for SPV panels (if applicable).
7. Supply of floaters, Installation, anchoring, fixing of floaters for SPV panels, pathways for the
floating system (if applicable).
8. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. All associated electrical and civil works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. transformer(s),
breakers, isolators, panels, protection system, cables, metering system, earthing system
etc.) and interconnection to Main Pooling station at 33kV voltage level.
12. Complete module cleaning system.
13. Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing & or peripheral boundary wall and
drainage system.
14. SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware & software.
15. Evacuation of power from 33 kV main pooling switchgear to ISTS substation at appropriate
voltage level through 2X60% capacity Tie-transformer, including telemetry and
communication systems.
16. Supply of Mandatory spares.
17. Operation & maintenance of complete Solar PV plant including Switchyard and
power evacuation system till ISTS substation along with electrical equipment,
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1000MW CAPACITY) UNDER DBDT SCHEME
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consumables and spare parts for a period of Three (03) years from the date of
successful completion of trial run..
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5756-
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:
5.0 All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount indicated as per table
below and in the form as stipulated in the Bidding Documents
Sl. no.
Capacity quoted by Bidder
Amount of Bid Security
1
50 MW
Rs. 2 Crore
2
60 MW to 110 MW
Rs. 5 crore
3
120 MW to 220 MW
Rs. 10 crore
4
230 MW to 300 MW
Rs. 20 Crore
ANY BID NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCEPTABLE BID SECURITY IN A
SEPARATE SEALED ENVELOPE SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE EMPLOYER
NTPC-2019-TN000015
15.10.2019
From 18.10.2019 to 01.11.2019
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for
receipt of queries from prospective Bidders
04.11.2019
Last Date and Time for receipt of bids
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid
and Price Bid
18.11.2019
17:00:00 (IST)
Date & Time of opening of Techno-
Commercial Bid
19.11.2019
10:30:00 (IST)
Date and Time of start of Reverse Auction
Shall be Intimated separately by
NTPC
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR
Rs 22,500/- (Rs. Twenty Two
Thousand and Five Hundred only)
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AS BEING NON-RESPONSIVE AND RETURNED TO THE BIDDER WITHOUT
BEING OPENED.
6.0 Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:
PROJECT CONFIGURATION: BLOCK CAPACITY OF 50 MW TO 300MW
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 40 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 40 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
1.3 (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. 210 Crore (Indian Rupees Two
Hundred Ten 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.
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1000MW CAPACITY) UNDER DBDT SCHEME
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The works referred 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/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.
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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. 210
Crore (Indian Rupees Two Hundred Ten 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 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:
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(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
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). After registration, 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-TN000015. .
Interested parties are required to ensure that they have downloaded the official copy
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of Bidding documents against Tender Search code- NTPC-2019-TN000015 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) / 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-
2410722, +91-120-2410880, Fax: +91-120-4947371;
Email: akgupta01@ntpc.co.in/sagardhingra@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website:
www.ntpc.co.in