INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO
923 MW CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II)
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5759-004-9
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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 923 MW
CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II)
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: RE-CS-5759-004-9 Date: 03.12.2019
Tender Search Code :NTPC-2019-TN000018
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5759-004-9
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 923 MW CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II).
Only domestically manufactured Solar PV Cells and Modules shall be used in the
projects to be set up through this tender.
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
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
DCR category located anywhere in India.
Project Aggregate capacity: 923 MW
Block capacity: Minimum 50 MW and higher in multiples of 10 MW
Max capacity to single bidder: 300 MW
The scope includes the following:
(i) Scope of Work for Solar Plant upto 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 domestically manufactured PV cells and
modules.
2. Complete transfer of ownership/sub-lease of encumbrance free land in favour
of NTPC Ltd.
INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO
923 MW CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II)
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5759-004-9
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3. Connectivity at ISTS substation and facilitate NTPC in the application process.
4. Topographical survey & Geo-Technical investigation.
5. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation.
6. Design and construction of foundation & mounting structure for SPV panels.
7. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Complete module cleaning system.
12. Construction of internal roads, pathways, fencing &/or peripheral boundary wall
and drainage system.
13. SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware
& software.
14. Evacuation of power from 33 kV main pooling switchgear to ISTS substation at
appropriate voltage level through EHV Tie-transformers, including telemetry and
communication systems.
15. Supply of Mandatory spares.
(ii) Operation & maintenance of complete Solar PV plant including Switchyard and
power evacuation system till ISTS substation along with electrical equipment,
consumables and spare parts for a period of Three (03) years from the date of
successful completion of trial run.
INVITATION FOR BID
DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO
923 MW CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II)
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5759-004-9
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The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5759-
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:
4.1 No Queries from Bidders, whatsoever, shall be entertained by NTPC Ltd beyond the last
date of receipt of Queries/ Pre-Bid Conference as specified above.
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 to 90 MW
Rs. 5 Crore
2
100 MW-190 MW
Rs. 10 crore
3
200 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
AS BEING NON-RESPONSIVE AND RETURNED TO THE BIDDER WITHOUT
BEING OPENED.
IFB No.
RE-CS-5759-004-9
IFB Date
03.12.2019
Period of Downloading of Bidding
Documents
From 04.12.2019 to 18.12.2019
20.12.2019
03.01.2020
14:00:00 (IST)
03.01.2020
14:30:00 (IST)
Shall be Intimated separately by
NTPC
NIL
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DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO
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BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5759-004-9
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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. 240 Crore
(Indian Rupees Two Hundred Forty 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.
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923 MW CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II)
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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 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.
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.
j. EPC projects with solar PV module supplied by developer/ owner as free issue
item to EPC contractor shall also be considered eligible for route 1.1 of QR.
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DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO
923 MW CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II)
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2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA
2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than Rs. 240
Crore (Indian Rupees Two Hundred Forty 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:
(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
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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-TN000018 free of cost. Interested parties are
required to ensure that they have downloaded the official copy of Bidding documents
against Tender Search code- NTPC-2019-TN000018 from above mentioned 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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DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV PROJECT(S) (UPTO
923 MW CAPACITY) UNDER CPSU SCHEME PHASE-II (TRANCHE-II)
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5759-004-9
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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,
+91-120-4947363, Fax: +91-120-2410251;
Email: akgupta01@ntpc.co.in/nabintripathi@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website:
www.ntpc.co.in