NTPC LIMITED  
(
A GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)  
SHARED SERVICES CENTRE, HYDRO & DBF REGION  
FARIDABAD GAS POWER STATION  
NOTICE INVITING TENDER  
Tender Ref. No.: 2019_NTPC_25806_1  
NTPC/SSC - Hydro and DBF(Fbd)/ 9900188166  
Date: 24.10.2019  
NTPC invites on-line (e-tender) bids from eligible bidders for Supply of Sodium  
Bicarbonate for DSI System at NTPC Dadri”.  
S.  
No.  
Item  
Description  
Earnest Money  
Deposit  
Cost of Tender  
Documents  
Completion  
Period/ Delivery  
Period  
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EMD)  
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1. Sodium  
INR 1,00,00,000/-  
(One Crore Only)*  
INR 26,550/-  
(Inclusive of  
GST)  
12 Months  
Bicarbonate  
*
Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) registered with District Industries  
Centres or Khadi and Village Industries Commission or Khadi and Village  
Industries Board or Coir Board or National Small Industries Corporation or  
Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom or any other body specified by  
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as per MSMED Act 2006, for  
goods produced and services rendered, shall be issued the bid documents  
free of cost and shall be exempted from paying Earnest Money Deposit.  
Detailed specification of material and other terms & conditions are mentioned in the  
tender documents.  
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I) Qualifying Requirements  
A) Work Criteria:  
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A1. The bidder should be a manufacturer of Sodium Bicarbonate,  
OR  
A2. The bidder should be a Supplier / dealer / representative of Sodium  
Bicarbonate manufacturer (s). Bidder should provide the authorization letter  
from the respective manufacturer(s) for supply of Sodium Bicarbonate.  
(B) Financial Criteria of Bidder  
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. The average annual financial turnover of the bidder during the last three  
03) financial years as on the date of Techno-commercial bid opening  
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should not be less than INR. 78.96 Crore (INR Seventy eight crore ninety-  
six lakhs only).  
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. The Net Worth of the Bidder should not be less than 100% of the Bidder’s  
paid up share capital as on the last day of the preceding financial year. In  
case the Bidder meets the requirement of Net Worth based on the strength  
of its Subsidiary(ies) and/ or Holding Company and/ or Subsidiaries of its  
Holding Company wherever applicable, the Net Worth of the Bidder and its  
Subsidiary(ies) and/ or Holding Company, in combined manner should not  
be less than 100% of their total paid up share capital. However,  
individually, their Net Worth should not be less than 75% of their respective  
paid up share capitals.  
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. 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 un-audited unconsolidated financial statements  
of the Bidder can be considered acceptable provided the Bidder further  
furnishes the following documents for substantiation of its qualification :  
a. Copies of the un-audited unconsolidated financial statements of the  
Bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial  
statements of its Holding Company.  
b. A Certificate from the CEO/CFO of the Holding Company, as per the  
format enclosed in the bidding documents, stating that the un-audited  
unconsolidated financial statements form part of the Consolidated  
Annual Report of the Company.  
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. In case a Bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria stipulated in Clause  
B.1 above on its own, Its Holding Company would require to meet the  
stipulated turnover requirements at Clause B.1 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 should be required to  
furnish along with its Techno-Commercial bid, a letter of undertaking from  
its Holding Company, supported by Board Resolution of the Holding  
Company, as per the format enclosed in the bidding documents, pledging  
unconditional and irrevocable financial support for the execution of the  
Contract by the Bidder in case of award.  
Notes.  
I.  
“Holding Company” and “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning  
ascribed to them as per Companies Act of India, in vogue.  
ii.  
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 do 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.  
While computing the annual turnover other Income shall not be  
considered.  
For annual turnover indicated in foreign currency, the exchange rate  
as on 7 days prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening shall  
be used  
iii.  
iv.  
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. Techno Commercial Bid Opening date shall be first scheduled Techno-  
Commercial Bid Opening Date.  
. Domestic bidder should have a separate valid GST registration number  
and PAN Number.  
. Notwithstanding anything stated above, the Employer reserves the right to  
assess the capabilities and capacity of the Bidder/ his collaborators/  
associates/ subsidiaries/group companies to perform the contract should  
the circumstances warrant such assessment in the overall interest of the  
Employer.  
(II) DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE BIDDER OFFLINE (Hard  
Copies):  
a) Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of Required Amount in Required  
Documents / Forms  
b) Tender Fee  
c) Integrity Pact duly signed and stamped  
(III) DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE BIDDER WITH THE  
TECHNICAL BID (Online):  
Legible copies of the following documents duly authenticated by the authorized  
representative of the bidder shall be submitted in support of the qualifying requirements  
along with technical bid:  
a) Documentary Evidence for Manufacturing Facility in India, Tender Specific  
Authority Letter (In case of dealer)  
b) Relevant Order copies along with Proof of Execution (copy of Invoice, Shipping  
Documents)  
c) Soft copy of Micro & Small Enterprise (MSE) certificate as an exemption certificate  
in lieu of Tender fee & EMD should also be uploaded in Fee/EMD envelope of  
online bid.  
d) Copy of Profit & Loss Account & Balance Sheet for the preceding three (3)  
completed financial years as on date of bid opening  
d) Copy of Power of Attorney of Authorized Signatory (if applicable).  
e) Other documents in support of QR.  
NOTE: NTPC if so desire may verify the performance of the bidder from their respective  
clients.  
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IV) GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS  
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. A complete set of bid documents may be downloaded by any interested bidder by  
logging at our site https://eprocurentpc.nic.in/. For logging on to our site, the  
bidder would require user id and password which can be created by themselves at  
our site from Online Bidder Enrollment tab. First time users, who do not have  
vendor code in NTPC database are required to approach NTPC at least 05 (Five)  
working days prior to document sale close date (Bid Submission Closing Date)  
along with duly filled EFT Forms, Cancelled Cheque, Copy of PAN, Copy of TIN,  
Copy GST Registration, other documents related to credentials etc.  
Bidder shall have to pay tender fee (non-refundable) for the cost of the documents  
as mentioned above, in the form of a Crossed Account Payee Demand Draft in  
favour of NTPC Limited, payable at Faridabad. Bidder must ensure that issue date  
of tender fee & EMD instrument should be prior to Bid Submission Closing Date  
and in case of exemption, documents must be valid.  
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. Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) registered with District Industries Centres or  
Khadi and Village Industries Commission or Khadi and Village Industries Board or  
Coir Board or National Small Industries Corporation or Directorate of Handicrafts  
and Handloom or any other body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small and  
Medium Enterprises as per MSMED Act 2006, for goods produced and services  
rendered, shall be issued the bidding documents free of cost and shall be  
exempted from paying Earnest Money Deposit. MSEs having Udyog Aadhar  
registration are entitled for exemption which are applicable for MSEs, details are  
available in Tender documents.  
However, bidder has to submit exemption certificate in sealed envelope  
(
duly superscribed the tender reference no, due date & Scope of work) well  
in advance in order to ensure that it is received before the expiry of Bid  
Submission closing date & time as described in tender, failing which bid  
may be rejected. Alternatively, the exemption certificate may be sent to  
concerned NTPC officer through e-mail well in advance to ensure that it is  
received before Bid Submission closing date & time.  
The soft copies of Tender fee & EMD details should also be uploaded in  
Fee/EMD envelope of online bid submitted by vendor.  
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. Issuance of bid documents to any bidder shall not construe that such bidder is  
considered to be qualified.  
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. The Bids not accompanied with the requisite EMD or with Bid Security of  
inadequate value or EMD / Bid Security is in unacceptable form shall not be  
entertained and in such cases bids shall be rejected by the Owner as being non-  
responsive and returned to the bidders without being opened.  
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. Notwithstanding anything stated above, NTPC reserve the right to assess bidder’s  
capability and capacity of the bidder for carrying out the supplies and the decision  
of NTPC in this regard shall be final.  
. NTPC reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the tenders in part or full  
including rejection of any request for issue of tender documents, alter the  
quantities or split the order without assigning any reason thereof.  
. Bid Security shall be submitted in a sealed envelope separately offline by the  
stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below. Any  
bid without an acceptable Bid Security shall be treated as non-responsive by the  
employer and shall not be opened.  
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. Bidders have to submit bids on line on the NTPC e- tender Portal  
https://eprocurentpc.nic.in/). Single stage, two envelope bidding system will be  
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followed for the subject package. Technical & price bids shall be submitted on line  
before expiry of Bid Submission Date. Offline documents (Like Tender Fee,  
Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)/BID Security & any other document, if specified in  
SPC) should be submitted/ reached at NTPC Faridabad before expiry of Bid  
Submission Date, as detailed here under:  
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i) Envelope-1 (Marked as Tender Fee & EMD) must contain Tender Fee, Earnest  
Money Deposit (EMD)/BID Security & any other document specified in SPC  
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Special Purchase Conditions).  
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ii) If required, Envelope-2 (Marked as QR) copy of documents in Support of  
meeting qualifying requirements/Q.R. documents, which cannot be up –  
loaded on line. (Price Bid or any price related information is to be uploaded in  
the price bid portion of the e-bid portal only).  
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. Envelope-1 (Marked as Tender Fee/EMD/Bid Security) shall be opened first and  
contents of this envelope shall be checked before opening of the Technical  
Bid/Envelope- 2 (Marked as QR). Technical Bid/Envelope-2 (Marked as QR) of  
only those bidders whose Tender Fee/ EMD/ Bid Security are found valid &  
acceptable, will be opened. If the bidder qualifies as per the QR and terms &  
conditions of NIT, their price bid shall be opened on the scheduled date as notified  
in NIT or on the date to be intimated after evaluation of technical bids.  
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0. The Bidder’s attention is also drawn to ITB Clause 10.1 (II) (f)/ ITB Clause 26,  
as per which, only the reference Works/ Orders whose details have been  
declared in relevant Attachment in their Bid, shall be considered to  
ascertain the bidder’s compliance to the specified Qualifying Requirements  
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QR).  
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1. Above details are only indicative. Other detailed terms and conditions shall be as  
per tender documents.  
Address for Communication:  
AGM (C&M) / Mgr(C&M)  
NTPC Limited, SSC-C&M, Faridabad  
Administrative Building, Rashmi Puram,  
Vill-Mujedi, P.O-Neemka,  
Distt-Faridabad,  
Haryana-121004  
Email: - shaktidua@ntpc.co.in / gurpratapsingh@ntpc.co.in