INVITATION FOR BID
BALANCE OF SYSTEM PACKAGE FOR NOKH SOLAR PROJECT
(PROJECT CONFIGURATION: 03 BLOCKS OF 245 MW EACH)
BIDDING DOCUMENT NO.: RE-CS-5741-004(BOS)-9
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NTPC LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
RENEWABLE ENERGY – CONTRACTS SERVICES, NOIDA.
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
FOR
BALANCE OF SYSTEM PACKAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 735 (3x245) MW NOKH SOLAR
PROJECT IN RAJASTHAN, INDIA
(Domestic Competitive Bidding)
IFB No.: RE-CS-5741-004(BOS)-9 Date:23.03.2020
Bidding Document No: RE-CS-5741-004(BOS)-9
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
BALANCE OF SYSTEM PACKAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 735 (3X245) MW
NOKH SOLAR PROJECT IN RAJASTHAN, INDIA
2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK
The scope includes the following:
1. Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation,
unloading storage, installation, testing and commissioning of Solar Photo Voltaic
excluding supply of Solar PV modules.
2. Transportation (excluding inland insurance) of PV Modules (Free issue by NTPC) from
India Port of Delivery (for International PV Modules) including Port Clearance AND/OR
from Module manufacturing Works (for Domestic PV Modules) to site.
3. Unloading at site, storage, installation, testing and commissioning of Solar PV Modules.
4. Site-grading, clearing of vegetation, Topography survey, Geotechnical Investigation.
5. 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.
6. Providing power supply and water supply for construction purposes.
7. Construction of Pre-Engineered type Inverter room (if applicable) with Power conditioning
unit associated LT and HT switchgear. In case of String Inverter, Construction of Pre-
Engineered type HT Switchgear room.
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8. Construction of Central Monitoring and Control Station with switchgear room, SCADA
room, Storeroom, Battery room with all electrical fitting and furniture, boundary fencing of
SPV plant, security cabin etc.
9. All associated electrical and civil works required for interfacing with grid (i.e. transformers,
breakers, isolators, panels, protection system, cables. metering at 33 kV level, earthing of
transformer etc.) and evacuation of power to 33/220 kV Pooling station provided by
Rajasthan Solar Park Development Company Ltd through capacity 33 kV cable.
10. Module cleaning system (wet and dry method) including supply and installation of all
accessories.
11. Construction of internal roads, pathways, peripheral boundary wall etc.
12. SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of Inverters with all hardware & software.
13. Operation & maintenance of SPV Plant along with electrical equipment, consumables and
spare parts for a period of Three years from the date of successful completion of trial run.
14. Supply of Mandatory spares.
The detailed scope of work is as defined in the bidding document No.: RE-CS-5741-
004(BOS)-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 sale at e-tender portal (as
specified in this notice) and as per the following schedule:
IFB No.
RE-CS-5471-004(BOS)-9
IFB Date
23.03.2020
Document Sale Commencement Date
25.03.2020
Document Sale Close Date & Time
17:00:00 (IST)
Pre Bid Conference and Last Date for receipt of queries
from prospective Bidders
13.04.2020
Last date and time for receipt of bids for Stage-I
(Techno-Commercial) bids
17:00:00 (IST)
Stage-I (Techno-commercial) bids opening date & time
11:00:00 (IST)
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BALANCE OF SYSTEM PACKAGE FOR NOKH SOLAR PROJECT
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Cost of Bidding Documents in INR
INR 22,500/- (Indian Rupees
Twenty Two Thousand Five
Hundred only)
Date of submission of Stage-II (Price Bid) and Reverse Auction shall be intimated separately
after opening of Stage-I (Techno-Commercial) Bid. Bidder to download official copy of bidding
document from the ETS Portal
4.1 Prospective bidders are required to provide GSTIN number at the time of purchase
of bidding documents.
5.0 All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of INR 5,00,00,000/-
(Indian Rupees Five Crore 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.
6.0 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
1.0 TECHNICAL CRITERIA
1.1 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
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
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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 minimum financial figure as specified in the Table below,
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.
No of blocks
of 245 MW
Minimum Financial Figure
01
Rs 67 Crore (Indian Rupees Sixty Seven Crore only)
02
Rs 134 Crore (Indian Rupees One Hundred Thirty four
Crore only)
AND
(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
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.
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d. For clause 1.1 & 1.3, Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and
operation from the Owner. However, if bidder in clause 1.3 is a developer, certificate
of successful commissioning of the project issued from Government Renewable
Nodal Agency/Government Enterprise/ Discom/ Electricity Board and evidence of
successful operation from intermediary procurer/ procurer/Discom/ Electricity Board
shall be submitted.
e. For Clause 1.3, bidder shall submit a documentary evidence for the value of the
project certified by a Chartered Accountant.
f. Direct/Indirect Order
The Bidder shall also be considered qualified, in case the award for executing the
reference work has been received by the Bidder either directly from the owner of the
plant or any other intermediary organization. In such a case, a certificate from such
owner of plant or any other intermediary organization shall be required to be furnished
by the Bidder along with its Techno-Commercial bid in support of Bidder’s claim of
meeting the qualification requirement as per clause 1.1 and 1.3 above. Bidder shall
also submit a certificate of successful completion and operation from the Owner.
g. For Clause 1.2, Bidder shall submit certificate of successful commissioning of the
project issued from Government Renewable Nodal Agency/ Government Enterprise/
Discom/ Electricity Board.
h. For Clause 1.2, Bidder shall submit evidence of successful operation from
intermediary procurer/ procurer/Discom/ Electricity Board.
i. Developer means an entity who has either executed or got executed the work/ project
as owner of industrial projects.
j. 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.
k. 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.
l. 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:
i. Erection of PV Modules
ii. Civil works including Module Mounting Structures/Floaters
iii. Inverters (Power Conditioning Units) and/or Inverter Transformers
iv. Cables and Cabling Works
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2.0 FINANCIAL CRITERIA
2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than financial figure
as mentioned in the table below, during the preceding three (3) financial years as on
date of techno-commercial bid opening.
No of blocks of 245 MW
Average Annual Turnover
01
Rs 67 Crore (Indian Rupees Sixty-Seven Crore only)
02
Rs 134 Crore (Indian Rupees One Hundred Thirty-Four
Crore 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 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.
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(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.
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-2020-TN000007 after
payment (non-refundable) of cost of the documents as mentioned above in the form
of a crossed account Payee demand Draft in favour of “NTPC Ltd”, payable at New
Delhi.
Interested Bidders can also pay for the cost of documents as mentioned above in the
form of Electronic transfer/NEFT Payments in the following account details of NTPC:
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Account Number
52142904702
IFSC Code
SBIN0020511
Name of the Bank
State Bank of India
Branch Code
20511
Address
Scope Complex Lodhi Road Branch
Ground Floor, Core-6 Scope Complex
Delhi-110003
In case of electronic fund transfer, the bidder shall be required to forward the copy of
transfer receipt/electronic transfer receipt from their registered email id to the
concerned nodal officers of NTPC as mentioned below requesting for access for
download of the bidding documents in working hours between Monday to Friday.
8.1 Interested parties are required to ensure that they have downloaded the official copy
of Bidding documents against Tender Search code- NTPC-2020-TN000007 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.
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)/Sr 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. +91-120-4947372
+91-120-4947376, Fax: +91-120-4947371;
Email: shailendra@ntpc.co.in/abhishekbhattacharjee@ntpc.co.in or at office.
Corporate Identification Number: L40101DL1975GOI007966, Website:
www.ntpc.co.in