INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)

NTPC LIMITED

(A GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)

(SSC-NR VINDHYACHAL)

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

“3rd raising of Ash Dyke S-1 of SSTPS”

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

IFB No.: 9900198755

1.Employer invites online bids on SINGLE STAGE-TWO ENVELOPE bidding basis from eligible bidders for 3rd raising of Ash Dyke S-1 of SSTPS, as per the Scope of Work mentioned hereinafter.

2.BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK:

The brief scope of work under this package shall include the following: 3rd raising of Ash Dyke S-1 of SSTPS.

3.Employer intends to finance the subject package through: IR (Internal Resource)

4.Brief Description of NIT:

*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”.

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Applicable relevant MSME Certificate should be submitted offline/online before schedule bid submission end date & time.

Note: (1) "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."

5.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 18, failing which bid is liable for rejection

a)Tender Fee: If & as applicable

b)Earnest Money Deposit : If & as applicable

c)Integrity Pact: If & as applicable

Any bid not accompanied by an acceptable Earnest Money Deposit , Tender fees (If applicable) and/or Integrity pact (If applicable) shall be rejected by the Employer as being non-responsive and shall be rejected without being opened.

6.Qualifying Requirements for Bidders:

1.0Technical Criteria

1.1Bidder should have executed the following works within the preceding seven (7) years prior

to the date of Techno-commercial bid opening:

1.2At least one ' Earthen Dam work' or 'Ash dyke work' or 'Reservoir embankment work' or ‘Ash dyke raising work' of 'Maximum height not less than 4.0 m', in ONE CONTRACT

1.3A cumulative progress of at least 4.336 Lakh Cu. M of earthwork in 'Earthen dam work' or 'Ash dyke work' or 'Reservoir embankment' or 'Ash dyke raising work' or 'Canal embankment work' in any one (1) year period, in maximum two (2) concurrently running contracts.

Notes: - The following notes (a to j) explain in detail the intention of various terms in qualifying requirements:

a)Earth dams, Ash dykes, and Reservoir embankments, which are designed as water retaining structures, shall be qualified for this work under clause 1.2. However, canal embankments, guide bunds along water courses shall be considered for qualification under clause 1.3 only. All other types of earth works such as road embankments, railway embankments, site levelling works etc. shall not be qualified.

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b)Sand/substitute filter media as filter either in chimney or in blanket or both; used in embankment shall be considered in earthwork quantity calculations. Rock toe shall not be considered.

c)For embankments/reservoir/dyke, the height and quantities shall be considered, above formation level, up to dyke top, for qualifying requirements purpose. However, in case of ash dyke raising works, for both inward/upstream & outward/ centre line methods, the height of dyke shall be considered from the stripped level of ash inside the lagoon for qualifying requirements purpose.

Formation level means bottom of stripped level for the dyke formation. The earth work in cut off trench (COT) shall be included for quantity estimation for qualifying requirement under clause

1.3.However, the depth of COT shall not be considered for the height calculation for qualifying requirement under clause 1.2.

d)Wherever the ash dykes and other embankments are constructed in different contracts, the height applicable to 'individual contract only' and not 'the cumulative effect' shall be considered for the purpose of determining compliance of clause 1.2. For example, where the contract is for raising an embankment, only the raising portion shall be considered and not the earlier starter dyke.

e)In clause 1.1 above, the word "executed" means the Bidder should have achieved the criteria specified in the qualifying requirements within the preceding seven (7) year period even if the contract has been started earlier and/or is not completed/ closed. And as per “Notes for Clause 1.0 above” mentioned below.

f)In clause 1.2 above, Bidder should have constructed entire 4.0 m height of embankment work specified in the qualifying requirements, within the preceding seven (7) years period, even if the contract has been started earlier and/or is not completed/ closed.

g)The "one (1) year period" means any continuous 12 months’ period. However, for two (2) concurrent works, the same 12 months’ period shall be considered.

h)In case of works stipulated in 1.3 above, the word "earthwork" shall mean earth/ash/ 'sand used for filter media as per clause 1.3.b (wherever applicable)'. The quantity of earth work in filling only will be considered for qualification.

j)Reference work executed by a Bidder as a sub-contractor may also be considered provided the certificate issued by main contractor is duly certified by Project Authority specifying the scope of work executed by the sub-contractor in support of qualifying requirements.

Notes for Clause 1.0 above:

(i)The word “executed” means the Bidder should have achieved the criteria specified in the qualifying requirements Clause 1.1, even if the contract has been started earlier and/or is not completed/ closed and shall be considered below.

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Case-I: The work is started earlier (prior to the period stipulated in Clause-1.1, but completed within the stipulated period as mentioned in clause 1.1. In such cases, entire executed value of the relevant work vide that work order shall be considered for evaluation.

Case-II: The work is started and completed within the stipulated period as mentioned in clause 1.1

Case-III: The work is started within the stipulated period as mentioned in clause 1.1 but not completed as on the last date of stipulated period. In such cases, “In Progress” executed value of the relevant work vide that work order as on the last date of stipulated period, shall be considered for evaluation.

(ii)Remarks: Any of the above cases shall be supported by documentary evidence issued by the "Owner". ‘Project authority’ means

‘owner’.

"Owner" means the entity which has the original requirement of the subject work and has initiated and awarded the work to the contractor (bidder) for executing the reference work against which the credentials have been submitted.

And the "Owner" defined as above is not a contractor to any other entity for the reference work.

In case, the bidder has worked as approved sub-Contractor/sub-vendor, he has to provide documentary evidence issued by the "Owner".

2.0Financial Criteria

2.0.(a) 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 985 Lakhs (Rupees Nine Crore Eighty-five Lakhs Only).

2.0.(b) 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 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 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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2.0.(c) 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.

(i)Copies of the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the bidder along with copies of the audited consolidated financial statements of its 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 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 practising 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 hall 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 practising Chartered Accountant certifying the financial parameters is not available.

2.0.(d) In case a bidder does not satisfy the financial criteria, stipulated at Cl. 2.0 (a) above on its own, its Holding Company would be required to meet the stipulated turnover requirements at Cl.

2.0(a) 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.

NOTE:

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

7.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.

8.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.

9.A complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded by any interested Bidder from our NIC Portal (https://eprocurentpc.nic.in/nicgep/app).

10.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.

#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.

11.Issuance of Bidding Documents to any Bidder shall not construe that such Bidder is considered qualified.

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

13.Address for Communication:

Contracts Services, SSC NR Vindhyachal 2nd Floor, Administrative Building,

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

e-mail: vishaljain@ntpc.co.in / aksaha03@ntpc.co.in

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