INVITATION FOR BID  
NTPC LIMITED  
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A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)  
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.  
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)  
FOR  
BALANCE OF SYSTEM PACKAGE FOR ANTA SOLAR POWER PROJECT IN RAJASTHAN  
BID DOCUMENT NO. : RE-CS-5730-004(BOS)-9(R2)  
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)  
IFB No.: RE-CS-5730-004(BOS)-9(R2)  
Date: 21.10.2019  
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5730-004(BOS)-9(R2)  
1.0 NTPC Ltd. invites online bids from eligible bidders on Two Stage Two Envelope (i.e. i.e.  
Stage-I: Techno-Commercial Bid & Stage-II: Price Bid) with Reverse Auction for  
Development of 90 MW BALANCE OF SYSTEM PACKAGE FOR ANTA SOLAR  
POWER PROJECT IN RAJASTHAN.  
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BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK  
The scope includes the following:  
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. 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.  
. Transportation including freight insurance of PV Modules (Free issue by NTPC) from  
India Port of Delivery (for International PV Modules) including Port Clearance OR  
from Module manufacturing Works (for Domestic PV Modules) to site.  
. Unloading at site, storage, installation, testing and commissioning of Solar PV  
Modules.  
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. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.  
. Design and Construction of foundation & erection of Module Mounting Structure  
(MMS) for SPV panels, including fixing of PV Modules with MMS and PV Modules  
interconnection.  
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. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.  
. Construction of Pre-Engineered type Inverter room (if applicable) with Power  
conditioning unit, LT and HT switchgear and associated transformers. In case of  
String Inverter, Construction of Pre-Engineered type HT Switchgear room.  
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. 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.  
. Construction of 33 kV switchgear room (if applicable), 33 kV O/H Line and all  
associated electrical & 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.  
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0.33kV/220kV, 120MVA Transformer (OLTC ±10% steps 2.5%), 220kV Bay addition  
including the interface with existing 220 kV switchyard with its associated electrical  
works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. breakers, isolators panels, protection  
system, earthing and metering) for evacuation of solar power at 220 kV level.  
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1.Complete Module Cleaning System  
2.Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing and drainage system.  
3.SCADA system for local and remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all  
hardware & software.  
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4. 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.  
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5.Supply of Mandatory spares.  
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5730-  
04(BOS)-9(R2).  
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NTPC intends to finance the subject package through Own Resources.  
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-5730-004(BOS)-9(R2)  
21.10.2019  
IFB Date  
Document Sale Commencement Date  
Document Sale Close Date & Time  
21.10.2019  
04.11.2019  
17:00:00 (IST)  
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for  
receipt of queries from prospective Bidders  
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7.11.2019  
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Last Date and Time for receipt of bids  
comprising both Techno-Commercial Bid 21.11.2019  
and Price Bid  
17:00:00 (IST)  
10:30:00 (IST)  
Date & Time of opening of Techno-  
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2.11.2019  
Commercial Bid  
Date of Submission of Stage-II  
Price Bid) and Reverse Auction  
(
shall be intimated separately after  
opening of Stage-I (Techno-  
Commercial Bid)  
Cost of Bidding Documents in INR  
Nil*  
. Bidder to download official copy of bidding document from the ETS Portal  
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Prospective bidders are required to provide GSTIN number at the time of purchase  
of bidding documents.  
All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of INR 20,000,000/-  
(Indian Rupees Twenty 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.  
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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  
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TECHNICAL CRITERIA  
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The Bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection and  
commissioned/ supervised commissioning of Balance of System 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  
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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  
(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. 75 Crore (Indian Rupees Seventy Five 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.  
OR  
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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 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  
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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 Clause No. 1.3 (b) can either be done by EPC contractor by themselves  
or by the owner.  
j. The Balance of Systems, under Clause 1.1, refers to works related to minimum three  
of the following four areas in a Solar PV Plant:  
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iii.  
iv.  
Erection of PV Modules  
Civil works including Module Mounting Structures/Floaters  
Inverters (Power Conditioning Units) and/or Inverter Transformers  
Cables and Cabling Works  
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FINANCIAL CRITERIA  
2.1  
The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than Rs. 75 Crore  
(Indian Rupees Seventy Five 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.  
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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  
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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.  
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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  
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.  
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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.  
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-TN000016. . Interested parties are required to  
ensure that they have downloaded the official copy of Bidding documents against  
Tender Search code- NTPC-2019-TN000016 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.  
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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.  
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permissible.  
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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  
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