PATRATU VIDYUT UTPADAN NIGAM LIMITED  
(
A subsidiary of NTPC Limited in joint venture with JBVNL)  
Administrative Building, PO-PTPS Patratu, Dist.: Ramgarh, Jharkhand-829119  
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)  
FOR  
ENGAGEMENT OF AGENCY FOR PROVIDING FIELD QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICE  
THROUGH DEPLOYMENT OF FIELD QUALITY SERVICE ENGINEERS AND SUPERVISOR  
CUM LABORATORY ATTENDANT  
FOR  
PVUNL PATRATU PROJECT  
(
Domestic Competitive Bidding)  
IFB No: CS-9585-334(A)-9  
Date:10.02.2020  
1.  
Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (hereinafter called “PVUNL” or “PVUN Limited” or  
Employer” invites on-line bids on Single Stage Two Envelope Bidding basis (Envelope-I:  
“
Techno-commercial Bid & Envelope-II: Price Bid) from Eligible Bidders for  
aforementioned package as per Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.:  
2.  
Brief Scope of Work & Other Specific Details:  
The scope of work, in brief, includes the following:  
“
The agency/ bidder shall be responsible for providing field quality assurance service  
through deployment of Field Quality service Engineers and supervisor cum laboratory  
attendant who will be engaged to conduct regular and surveillance quality assurance  
checks/ inspections as per approved field quality plan (FQP)/ Technical Specification of  
PVUNL during Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & C&I construction works of thermal power  
plant and its ancillary work packages i.e. Steam generator(SG) and accessories,  
Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP), Turbo Generator (TG) and accessories, Coal handling  
plant (CHP), Ash handling plant (AHP), Lime handling plant(LHP), Flue gas  
desulphurization system (FGD),Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)System, Air cooled  
Condenser (ACC), Demineralization plant (DM) & Pre-treatment Plant (PT Plant),  
Chimney, storage & preservation of supplied erection material at different storage  
locations, Gas Insulated Switchyard (GIS), Power transformers, LT & HT motors, HT &  
LT switch gear, all C&I systems, all Structural steel works, all offsite facilities  
construction works, Road and drain works, Township work, Ash Dyke /Ash mound area,  
Railway siding works etc. of PVUNL, Patratu. The contract is a unit rate contract.”  
The detailed scope of work is given in the Bidding Documents. The entire work is to be  
performed as per bill of quantities (DSR items and Non DSR items), tender drawings,  
technical specifications, other tender documents, detailed working drawings issued by  
the owner and as per direction of Engineer in Charge.  
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Package: Engagement of Agency for providing Field Quality Assurance Service through  
deployment of Field Quality Service Engineers and supervisor cum laboratory attendant for  
PVUN Patratu project  
Sec-I-Detailed IFB  
Bidding Doc No :CS-9585-334(A)-9  
3.  
Detailed Specification, Scope of Work and Terms and Conditions are given in the  
bidding document, which are available on-line (www.eprocurentpc.nic.in) as per the  
following schedule:  
Tender ID / IFB No.  
CS-9585-334(A)-9  
Date of issue of IFB  
10.02.2020  
Downloading of Bidding Document  
Pre-Bid Conference date  
Last date for receipt of queries on  
Bidding Documents from Bidders  
From 10.02.2020  
NOT APPLICBALE  
25.02.2020  
(
No  
Queries  
from  
Bidders,  
whatsoever, shall be entertained by  
the Employer beyond the last date of  
receipt  
of  
Queries/  
Pre-Bid  
Conference (if applicable))  
Last date & Time for submission of  
online bids  
06.03.2020 upto 1500 Hrs  
(IST)  
Date and  
Time for  
opening  
07.03.2020 at 1130 Hrs. (IST)  
of Techno- Commercial bids  
Opening of Price Bids  
Cost of Bidding Documents  
Bid Security (EMD)  
Shall be informed later  
INR 900/-  
INR 1,00,000/-  
Note: For any corrigendum and extension of date of bid submission, please visit the  
website https://eprocurentpc.nic.in.  
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.
.
Tender Fees (Cost of Bidding Documents), Bid Security (EMD) and Integrity Pact (if  
applicable) shall be submitted in a sealed envelope separately offline by the stipulated bid  
submission closing date and time at the address given below in accordance with the  
provisions set forth in the bidding documents, failing which, online bid shall be treated as  
non-responsive and shall not be opened.  
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Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:  
Qualifying Requirements is enclosed at Annexure-1.  
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.
.
PVUNL reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel/withdraw the NIT for the  
subject package without assigning any reason whatsoever and in such case no  
bidder/intending bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action.  
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The bidding document is available online. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be  
downloaded by any interested Bidder from the NTPC tender website  
https://eprocurentpc.nic.in.  
8. Issuance of bid documents to any bidder shall not construe that such bidder is  
considered to be qualified.  
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Package: Engagement of Agency for providing Field Quality Assurance Service through  
deployment of Field Quality Service Engineers and supervisor cum laboratory attendant for  
PVUN Patratu project  
Sec-I-Detailed IFB  
Bidding Doc No :CS-9585-334(A)-9  
9. Transfer of Bidding Documents purchased by one intending Bidder to another is not  
permissible.  
10. Address for Communication/Location of Bid opening:  
PATRATU VIDYUT UTPADAN NIGAM LIMITED,  
Administrative Building,  
P.O - PTPS, Dist: Ramgarh, Jharkhand  
PIN – 829119,  
Mobile: 9650992870/7070191265  
Emails: sunilkmunda@ntpc.co.in  
Registered Office:  
NTPC Limited  
NTPC Bhawan, SCOPE Complex, 7,  
Institutional Area,Lodi Road,  
New Delhi – 110003  
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI00796  
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Package: Engagement of Agency for providing Field Quality Assurance Service through  
deployment of Field Quality Service Engineers and supervisor cum laboratory attendant for  
PVUN Patratu project  
Sec-I-Detailed IFB  
Bidding Doc No :CS-9585-334(A)-9  
Annexure-1 to Section-I (IFB)  
Qualifying Requirements:  
.0 Technical Criteria:  
1
1.1  
The bidder should have executed the work(s) of providing Field Quality Service of inspection,  
testing, supervision and evaluation of shop or site field activities involving at least 48 Man-  
months in the Mechanical discipline, at least 39 Man-months in the Civil discipline and at least  
29 Man-months in the Electrical discipline in one or maximum 6(six) nos. contract(s)  
(considering stipulated Man-months for all disciplines, viz. Mechanical, Civil and Electrical in not  
more than 6(six) contract(s)) during the preceding 07 years reckoned as on last date of the  
month preceding the month of publication of NIT.  
2
.0  
.1  
Financial Criteria:  
2
The bidder should have executed work of providing Field Quality Service of inspection, testing,  
supervision and evaluation of shop or site field activities during the preceding 07 years reckoned  
as on last date of the month preceding the month of publication of NIT with either of the  
following executed value(s)  
Executed value not less than Rs. 57,02,400/- in a single contract.  
OR  
Executed value not less than Rs. 35,64,000/- in two contracts each.  
OR  
Executed value not less than Rs. 28,51,200/- in three contracts each.  
Notes for clause 1.1 and 2.1 above:  
(i)  
If the work /Order is started earlier to the stipulated period of seven years but  
completed within the stipulated period, entire executed value of relevant Man-months  
or entire executed value of the relevant work (i.e. considering only the work of Field  
quality service in Mechanical, Civil and Electrical discipline) as applicable vide that work  
order shall be considered for evaluation towards fulfilment of QualifyingRequirements.  
(ii)  
If the work/order is started and completed within the stipulated period of seven years,  
the entire executed value of relevant Man-months or entire executed value of the  
relevant work (i.e. considering only the work of Field quality service in Mechanical, Civil  
and Electrical discipline) vide that work order shall be considered for evaluation towards  
fulfilment of Qualifying Requirements.  
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Package: Engagement of Agency for providing Field Quality Assurance Service through  
deployment of Field Quality Service Engineers and supervisor cum laboratory attendant for  
PVUN Patratu project  
Sec-I-Detailed IFB  
Bidding Doc No :CS-9585-334(A)-9  
(iii)  
If the work / order is started within the stipulated period of seven years but not  
completed as on the last date of stipulated period, “In Progress” executed value of  
relevant Man-months or the executed value of the relevant work (i.e. considering only  
the work of Field quality service in Mechanical, Civil and Electrical discipline) vide that  
work order as on the last date of stipulated period, shall be considered for evaluation  
towards fulfilment of Qualifying Requirements. Further in progress executed value of  
relevant Man-months or the executed value of relevant work should be at least 75% of  
the awarded contract value.  
(iv)  
In support of meeting the Qualifying Requirements the bidder must enclose with his bid  
a true copy of the Work Order/ Letter of Award / Contract Agreement along with the  
Client signed “completion certificate”/ “In progress work certificate” duly specifying the  
Scope of Work along with value of relevant Man-months executed against each  
discipline and the value of the relevant work (i.e. considering only the work of Field  
quality service in Mechanical, Civil and Electrical discipline) executed out of the total  
contract value in the aforesaid stipulated period of seven (7) years or as mentioned  
under the clause(s) i, ii and iii of “Notes for clause 1.1 and 2.1 above”.  
2.2  
a)  
The average annual turnover of the bidder in the preceding three (03) financial years as  
on last date of the month preceding the month in which Notice Inviting Tender is  
published shall not be less than Rs 71.28 Lakhs (Rupees Seventy-One lakhs & twenty-  
eight thousand only).  
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 Techno Commercial bid documents, pledging unconditional and  
irrevocable financial support for the execution of the Contract by the Bidder in case of  
award.  
b)  
The Net Worth of the Bidder as on the last day of the preceding financial year, of the  
date of Techno-commercial Bid opening, shall not be less than 100% of the bidders paid  
up share capital. In case the Bidder meets the requirement of Net Worth based on the  
strength of its Subsidiary (ies) and/or Holding Company and/or Subsidiary (ies) of the  
Holding company 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  
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Package: Engagement of Agency for providing Field Quality Assurance Service through  
deployment of Field Quality Service Engineers and supervisor cum laboratory attendant for  
PVUN Patratu project  
Sec-I-Detailed IFB  
Bidding Doc No :CS-9585-334(A)-9  
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.  
c)  
In case the bidder is not able to furnish its audited financial statements on stand-alone  
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:  
i) Copies of the un-audited unconsolidated financial statements of the bidder  
along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of the  
Holding Company.  
ii) 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 financial statements of the  
Holding Company.  
In cases 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 also be considered acceptable. In case, Bidder is not able to  
submit the Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant certifying its financial  
parameters, the audited results of 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 Financial Criteria:  
(I)  
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.  
(II)  
Other income shall not be considered for arriving at annual turnover.  
(III)  
“Holding Company” and “Subsidiary Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to them  
as per Companies Act of India.  
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Package: Engagement of Agency for providing Field Quality Assurance Service through  
deployment of Field Quality Service Engineers and supervisor cum laboratory attendant for  
PVUN Patratu project  
Sec-I-Detailed IFB  
Bidding Doc No :CS-9585-334(A)-9