INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)

NTPC Limited

(A GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

(SSC-NR VINDHYACHAL)

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

“

SUPPLY AND ERECTION OF 6 Nos. OF LP HEATER-4 FOR STAGE-I 6*210 MW OF NTPC VSTPS

UNDER APPROVED MEGA R&M BUDGET.”

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.:

NTPC/SSC - VSR/9900189130

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Employer invites online bids on Single Stage Two Envelope bidding basis (Envelope-I:

Techno-Commercial Bid & Envelope-II: Price Bid) from eligible bidders for “SUPPLY AND

ERECTION OF 6 Nos. OF LP HEATER-4 FOR STAGE-I 6*210 MW OF NTPC VSTPS UNDER

APPROVED MEGA R&M BUDGET” as per the Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.

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BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK:

Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, inspection & testing, packing, forwarding to site,

unloading, dismantling/relocation, pre-assembly/ assembly, civil/structure work, erection,

supervision, pre- commissioning, trial operation, testing and commissioning and performance

testing of the equipment/ system and works under the package scope

“

SUPPLY AND ERECTION OF 6 Nos. OF LP HEATER-4 FOR STAGE-I 6*210 MW OF NTPC VSTPS

UNDER APPROVED MEGA R&M BUDGET.”

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Employer intends to finance the subject package through: IR (Internal Recourse)

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Brief Description of NIT:

Detailed Specification, Scope of Work and Terms & Conditions are given in the Bidding

Documents, which are available for examination and Sale as per the following schedule:

Tender Ref No /Tender ID

NTPC/SSC -

VSR/9900189130/2020_NTPC_30738_1

10.02.2020, 1310 hours

04.03.2020,1000 hours

SSC-NR Vindhyachal

Document Download / Sale Start Date

Document Download / Sale End Date

Source of IFB/NIT

Form of Contract/Tender Category

Type Of Bidding

Works*

SINGLE STAGE-TWO ENVELOPE

10.02.2020, 1310 hours

17.02.2020, 1000 hours

10.02.2020, 1310 hours

04.03.2020,1000 hours

06.03.2020 ,1000 hours

Clarification Start Date

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Clarification End Date

Bid Submission Start Date

Bid Submission End Date

Bid Opening Date

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Cost of Bidding Documents in INR

Rs.3983/-

Rs.10,00,000/-(Indian Rupees Ten lakhs

only

EMD in INR

Pre-Bid Conference Date & Time (if any)

Integrity Pact

AS PER GePNIC NIT

Not Applicable

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The MSME Benefits as mentioned in Bid Data Sheet (BDS), shall be applicable for “Form of

Contract/Tender Category” type “categorized as "Services" or “Supply” and not for “Form of

Contract/Tender Category” categorized as “Works Contracts”.

Applicable relevant MSME Certificate should be submitted offline/online before schedule bid

submission end date & time.

Note: "NTPC shall allow purchase preference, as indicated in the bidding documents, to bids

from local suppliers as defined in the bidding documents. The bidders may apprise themselves

of the relevant provisions of bidding documents in this regard before submission of their bids."

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Bidder has to ensure the following documents to be submitted offline and the same should

reach in sealed envelopes before the bid submission deadline prescribed by the Employer,

pursuant to ITB Clause 16, failing which bid is liable for rejection

a) Tender Fee: as applicable

b) Earnest Money Deposit : as applicable

c) Integrity Pact: Not Applicable

Any bid not accompanied by an acceptable Earnest Money Deposit , Tender fees and/or

Integrity pact (If applicable) shall be rejected by the Employer as being non-responsive and

shall be rejected without being opened.

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. Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

The Bidder should meet the minimum Qualifying Requirements as stipulated here under:

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.1.0 Technical Criteria

.1.1 The bidder should have designed (either by itself or under

collaboration/licensing agreement), manufactured/ got manufactured, erected

supervised erection and commissioned/ supervised commissioning of Low

Pressure Condensate Water Heaters or High Pressure Feed Water Heaters,

operating in a pulverized coal fired steam generating unit of not less than 200

MW rating in a thermal power plant. At least one (01) such Low Pressure

Condensate Water Heater or High Pressure Feed Water Heater should be in

successful operation for a period of at least one (01) year prior to the date of

Techno Commercial bid opening.

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.1.2 (i) The bidder should be a Joint Venture amongst firms comprising of:

(

a) An organization incorporated for carrying out Renovation and

Modernization (R&M) work of thermal power plants and who should have

executed / is executing renovation or replacement of Low Pressure

Condensate Water Heaters for a unit of not less than 110 MW rating in a

thermal power plant.

AND

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b) An organization which meets the requirements of clause 6.1.1 above.

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ii) The Joint Venture partners at clause 6.1.2 (i) above should necessarily

identify one of the partners as Lead Partner. The Joint Venture should provide

along with the Techno-Commercial bid, a Joint Venture Agreement, as per the

format enclosed in the bidding documents, in which the partners in the Joint

Venture are jointly and severally liable to the Employer to perform all the

contractual obligations including performance guarantees for Low Pressure

Condensate Water Heaters. The Joint Venture Agreement should be

submitted along with the Techno-Commercial bid, failing which the Bidder

shall be disqualified and his bid shall be rejected. In this case, the bid security

and in the event of award, the performance bank guarantee shall be in the

name of all the partners of the Joint Venture.

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.2.0 Financial Criteria for Qualification

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.2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, in the preceding three (3) financial

years as on the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening, should not be less

than ₹ 212 Lakh (Rs. Two Hundred and Twelve Lakh only).

In case a bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated above on its own, its

Holding Company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements

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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.2.2 The Net Worth of the bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year

reckoned on the date of techno-commercial bid opening) should not be less

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than 100% of the Bidder's paid-up share capital. In case the Bidder meets the

requirement of Net worth based on the strength of its Subsidiary (ies) and/or

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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% 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.

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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.2.3 In case the bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on

stand alone entity basis, the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of

the bidder can be considered acceptable provided the bidder further furnishes

the following documents for 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.

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b) A 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 annual

financial statements of the Holding Company.

In case where audited results for the last financial year as on the date of techno commercial

bid opening are not available, the financial results certified by a practicing Chartered

Accountant shall be considered acceptable. In case, Bidder is not able to submit the certificate

from practicing Chartered Accountant certifying its financial parameters, the audited results

for the three consecutive financial years preceding the last financial year shall be considered

for evaluating the 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 the date of Techno-commercial bid opening and

the Certificate from the practicing Chartered Accountant certifying the financial parameters is

not available.

NOTES FOR CLAUSE 6.2.0:

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i) Net worth means the sum total of the paid up share capital and free reserves. Free reserve

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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.

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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.

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iv) For Turnover indicated in foreign currency, the exchange rate as on seven (07) days prior to

the date of techno-commercial bid opening shall be used.

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. 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.

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. Employer 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.

. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded by any interested Bidder from our

NIC Portal (https://eprocurentpc.nic.in/nicgep/app).

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

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Clarification on bidding documents:

A prospective Bidder requiring any clarification of the Bidding Document shall put the

query under Clarification tab of the on-line bid at least three days prior to the clarification

end date. EMPLOYER will respond to any request for clarification or modification of the

bidding documents that it receives within the time line specified.

EMPLOYER will post the Clarifications under Clarification/Corrigendum tab at e-tender

website. Bidders can view these clarifications.

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No Queries from Bidders, whatsoever, shall be entertained by the Employer beyond the

last date of receipt of Queries/ Pre-Bid Conference (if applicable) as specified above.

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Issuance of Bidding Documents to any Bidder shall not construe that such Bidder is

considered qualified.

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Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not

permissible. Bids shall be submitted online and opened at the address given below in the

presence of Bidder’s representatives who choose to attend the bid opening. Bidder shall furnish

Bid Security, Integrity Pact(if applicable), Deed of Joint Undertaking (if applicable) and Power of

Attorney separately offline as detailed in Bidding Documents by the stipulated bid submission

closing date and time at the address given below.

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Address for Communication:

Package Coordinators for this package is as below:-

Package Coordinators:

Vishal Jain, DGM. (Contracts) SSC NR Vindhyachal

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Floor ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING,

P O Vindhyanagar, DISTT: Singrauli (MP) – 486885

e-mail: vishaljain@ntpc.co.in

Sukriti, Dy. Mgr. (Contracts), SSC NR Vindhyachal

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Floor ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING,

P O Vindhyanagar, DISTT: Singrauli (MP) – 486885

e-mail: sukriti@ntpc.co.in/

Package Incharge for this package is as below:-

P. K. Sabat, AGM (Contracts), SSC NR Vindhyachal

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Floor ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING,

P O Vindhyanagar, DISTT: Singrauli (MP) – 486885

e-mail: pksabat@ntpc.co.in

Websites: https://eprocurentpc.nic.in or www.ntpctender.com

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NTPC Limited

NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex,

, Institutional Area, Lodi Road,

Registered Office

7

New Delhi – 110003

Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966.

Website: www.ntpc.co.in

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