INVITATION FOR BIDS

Development of 30 MW Grid Connected

Rooftop Solar PV Project in MP

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. NVVN/ C&M /RE-67/2020-21

SECTION - I (IFB)

NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LIMITED

(A wholly owned Subsidiary of NTPC Limited)

CONTRACT & MATERIALS, NOIDA

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

FOR

IFB for Design, Engineering, Supply, Construction, Erection, Testing, Commissioning and 10

years O&M of 30 MW Grid Connected Rooftop/Ground Mounted/Elevated Structures Solar PV

Project at various location of Madhya Pradesh

(Domestic Competitive Bidding)

Bidding Document No.: NVVN/C&M/RE-67/2020-21 Date: 16-12-2020

1.0 NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LIMITED (NVVN) invites online Bids from eligible bidders on

'Single Stage Two Envelope' bidding basis (Envelope-I: Techno-Commercial Bid & Envelope-

II: Price Bid) for aforesaid Package as per the scope of work briefly mentioned hereinafter:

2.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of the proposal for “IFB for Design, Engineering, Supply, Construction, Erection,

Testing, Commissioning and 10 years O&M of 30 MW Grid Connected Rooftop/Small

Ground Mounted/Elevated Structures Solar PV Project at Various Locations of Madhya

Pradesh” shall be on the basis of a single point responsibility, completely covering the

following activities and services in respect of all the equipment specified and covered under the

specifications and read in conjunction with “Technical Specifications”, Section –VI of IFB.

1. Details of work

The successful bidder shall be exclusively responsible for preparation of Detailed Project

Report (DPR) containing all aspects like design, engineering, procurement, testing &

commissioning and all other relevant activities like rooftop strength test, water arrangements,

electricity, transportation required for setting up of Solar PV Plants and for O&M activities for

10 years.

Designing, engineering, supply, installation, testing and Commissioning of various capacities

of Project as per standard design and specifications and connecting up to existing

Mains/ACDB and interfacing internal electrical loads of Project with licensee’s

network/electrical loads with Comprehensive O & M for period of Ten (10) Operational Years

for Sale of Solar Power. The successful Bidder would have to take approval for the interfacing

the Project with Grid/Electrical Loads of every location from distribution licensee/ CEIG, as

applicable.

The design, engineering, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and performance of the

equipment shall be in accordance with latest appropriate IEC/Indian Standards as per

Technical Specification (Section VI) mentioned in IFB.

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Co-ordination with Power Procurer for realization of bills. Remote monitoring of the generation

of Solar Power shall be done through appropriate software .

It is clarified that the projects awarded would not include energy storage with rooftop solar

project. However, if Procurer desires to have such arrangement, it would need to be paid by

Procurer to Contractor at mutually agreed price separately for the battery storage and

electrical work.

Detailed planning of time bound smooth execution of Project;

Performance testing for Successful Commissioning of the Project as mentioned in Technical

Specification (Section VI) of IFB;

Comprehensive O &M of the Project for Ten (10) Operational Year to assure faultless

operation, and inventory maintenance; Supply of Power from Commissioning to Ten (10)

Operational Years;

Coverage of risk liability of all personnel associated with implementation and realization of the

Project;

The Bidder shall be responsible to maintain sufficient inventory of the spare parts to ensure that

the Project is functional during the O&M period;

The Bidder shall be responsible for seeking all sort of approvals from CEIG/ Madhya Pradesh

DisCom/Nodal Agency i.e. Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited or any other State

Utilities/Agencies.

Detailed Scope of work has been specified in the Technical Specification (Section VI) of IFB.

3.0 NVVN intends to finance subject Package through External Commercial Borrowings/ Domestic

Commercial Borrowings / Own sources.

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

Documents, which are available for examination and Sale at our GePNIC e-procurement portal

https://eprocurentpc.nic.in as per following schedule.

Issuance of IFB

16-12-2020 from 17:00 Hrs (IST)

Bidding Document Sale Date &

Time

16-12-2020 from 17:00 Hrs (IST)

Last Date for receipt of queries

from bidders (if any) *

28-12-2020 till 17:00 Hrs (IST)

Bid Submission End Date & Time

07-01-2021 till 17:00 Hrs (IST)

Bid Opening Date & Time for 08-01-2021 at 15:00 Hrs (IST)

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BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. NVVN/ C&M /RE-67/2020-21

SECTION - I (IFB)

Techno-Commercial Bid

Price Bid Opening Date & Time Shall be intimated separately by NVVN.

Cost of Bidding Document INR 22,500/- (Indian Rupees Twenty Two Thousand

and Five Hundred only)

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

date of receipt of Queries as specified above.

5.0 All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security for an amount of INR 50,00,000/- (Indian

Rupees Fifty Lakhs only) in the form as stipulated in the Bidding documents. The same shall

be submitted offline in physical form prior to bid submission end date and time.

ANY BID NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCEPTABLE BID SECURITY IN SEPARATE

SEALED ENVELOPE SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE EMPLOYER AS NON-RESPONSIVE

AND SHALL NOT BE 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 6.1 and Clause

6.2:

6.1 TECHNICAL CRITERIA

6.1.1 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 05 MW or higher, out of which at least one plant should

have been of 500 kW or higher capacity. The reference plant of 500 kW or higher capacity

must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to Techno Commercial

Bid Opening Date.

6.1.2 The Bidder should be a developer of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based grid connected power

plant(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 05 MW or higher, out of which at least one plant

should have been of 500 kW or higher capacity. The reference plant of 500 kW or higher

capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to Techno

Commercial Bid Opening Date.

6.1.3 (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 INR 400 Million (Indian Rupees Four Hundred Million only) or more in a single

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project or single work respectively and the same should be in successful operation for at least

one (1) year prior to Techno Commercial Bid Opening Date.

AND

6.1.3 (b)The Bidder should have executed at least one (1) Electrical Sub-station of 11 kV or above

voltage level, consisting of equipment such as 11 kV 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 Techno Commercial Bid Opening Date.

The works referred to clause 6.1.3 (a) & 6.1.3 (b) can be in same or different projects.

6.1.4 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 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 or 6.1.3 above.

In such a case, Bidder shall furnish an Undertaking jointly executed by the firm qualified as

per clause 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 or 6.1.3 and the Bidder along with its Bid for complete performance

of the contract (in case of award) jointly or severally, as per the format enclosed in the Bid

document failing which the Bidder's Bid is liable to be rejected.

Notes for Clause 6.1:

The reference SPV based grid connected power plant of 500 kW or higher capacity

should be at a single location developed by Bidder for itself or any other client.

SPV based Roof Top/Floating Solar Power Project, which are Grid Connected shall

also be considered eligible for QR purpose. In case of reference Roof Top Solar PV

Plant of 500 Kw, the plant shall be considered which are installed at a single location

within the same premises and may be at multiple buildings.

Bidder shall submit certificate of successful completion and operation from the Owner.

In case the award for the reference works has been received by the Bidder either

directly from 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 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.

In case of developer as Bidder in clause 6.1.2 or 6.1.3, the documentary evidence

(certified by Chartered Accountant) for value of executed reference work must be

submitted by the Bidder.

Developer means an entity who has either executed or got executed the work/ project

as owner of industrial projects.

The execution of industrial project as EPC Contractor under Clause No. 6.1.3 means,

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such EPC Contractor is responsible for all the activities i.e. Design/Engineering,

Procurement, Construction and Commissioning of a project/work.

The portion of work related to power transformer such as supply and or installation

mentioned at cl. no. 6.1.3 (b) can either be done by EPC contractor by themselves or

by the owner.

6.2 FINANCIAL CRITERIA

6.2.1 The average annual turnover of the Bidder, should not be less than INR 410 Million (Indian

Rupees Four Hundred and Ten Million only) or in equivalent foreign currency during the

preceding three (3) financial years.

In case a Bidder does not satisfy the average 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.

6.2.2 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. In such a case, 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.

6.2.3 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:

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Development of 30 MW Grid Connected

Rooftop Solar PV Project in MP

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. NVVN/ C&M /RE-67/2020-21

SECTION - I (IFB)

(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 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 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 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 date of Techno Commercial Bid Opening and the

Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant certifying the financial parameters is not

available.

Notes for Clause 6.2:

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

reserves mean 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,

Other income shall not be considered for arriving at annual turnover.

“Holding Company” and “Subsidiary” shall have the meaning ascribed to them as per

Companies Act of India,

For Turnover indicated in foreign currency, the exchange rate as on seven (7) days prior

to Techno Commercial Bid Opening date shall be used.

7.0 NVVN 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 A complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded from https://eprocurentpc.nic.in by

any interested Bidder. Tender fee (₹22,500), in the form of a crossed A/C PAYEE DEMAND

DRAFT / BANKERS CHEQUE / PAY ORDER in favor of “NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM

LIMITED”., Payable at NEW DELHI, is required to be submitted in a separately sealed

envelope at the address mentioned in the bidding document, before the stipulated date & time

of submission of the bid. For any assistance, please email to nvvncontracts@ntpc.co.in or

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Development of 30 MW Grid Connected

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contact Manager (C&M) / AGM-C&M, NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LIMITED, 2

Floor,

Core 5, Scope Complex, 7, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003.

It is required by agency to register and follow the guidelines/FAQ provided in the e-portal

https://eprocurentpc.nic.in for participating in the tender, BID is to be submitted online on that

portal. Any amendment(s)/corrigendum/clarifications with respect to this Bid shall be uploaded

on https://eprocurentpc.nic.in only. Bidder should regularly follow up for any Amendment/

Corrigendum/Clarification on the above website.

NOTE: No hard copy of Bidding Documents shall be issued

9.0 Issuance of bid documents to any Bidder shall not construe that such bidder is considered to

be qualified. 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 Tender Fee, Bid Security, No Deviation Certificate, Integrity Pact, Joint

Undertaking (as 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.

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

permissible.

11.0 Address for communication:

NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LIMITED,

NTPC Bhawan, Core-7, SCOPE Complex,

7, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road,

New Delhi – 110003

Corporate Identification Number: U40108DL2002GOI117584.

Website: www.nvvn.co.in

13.0 Other Instructions

i. Please use ‘Online Bidder Enrollment’ link provided on portal https://eprocurentpc.nic.in

(GePNIC) to register

ii. Go through Help, FAQ etc. as provided on the above portal.

iii. Class III digital signature (DSC) is required for submission of BID on above portal.

iv. Important Note: It is strongly recommended that all authorized users of Supplier

organizations should thoroughly peruse the information provided under the relevant links,

AGM (C&M) / Manager (C&M)

NTPC VIDYUT VYAPAR NIGAM LIMITED

Floor, Core 5, Scope Complex, 7,

Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-11000

e-mail: nvvncontracts@ntpc.co.in

Corporate Identification Number: U40108DL2002GOI117584,

website: www.eprocurentpc.nic.n

12.0 Registered Office

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and take appropriate action. This will prevent hiccups, and minimize teething problems

during the use of GePNIC.

GePNIC Helpdesk Telephone: 24X7 Customer Support +91-120-4001 002/+91-120-4200 462/

+91-120-4001 005/+91-120-6277 787

14. Any ‘Bidder from a country which shares a land border with India’, as specified in the Bidding

Documents, will be eligible to bid in this tender only if bidder is registered with the Competent

Authority as mentioned in the Bidding Documents.

However, the said requirement of registration will not apply to bidders from those countries (even

if sharing a land border with India) to which the Government of India has extended lines of credit

or in which the Government of India is engaged in development projects.

NTPC Limited eProcurement Portal

Tender Details

Date : 17-Dec-2020 12:07 PM

Basic Details

Organisation Chain NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited

Tender Reference

Number

NVVN/CandM/RE-67/2020-21

Tender ID 2020_NVVN_45316_1

Tender Type Open Tender Form of contract Works

Tender Category Works No. of Covers 3

General Technical

Evaluation Allowed

Yes

ItemWise Technical

Evaluation Allowed

Payment Mode Offline

Is Multi Currency Allowed For

BOQ

Is Multi Currency

Allowed For Fee

No Allow Two Stage Bidding No

Payment Instruments

Offline

S.NoInstrument Type

1 DD

2 BG

3 BC

Cover Details, No. Of Covers - 3

Cover

Cover Document Type Description

1 Fee .pdf

SCAN COPY OF

TENDER FEE,BID

SECURITY,NO

DEVIATION

CERTIFICATE,POWER

ATTORNEY,INTEGRITY

PACT ETC

.rar OTHERS

2 PreQual/Technical .pdf

TECHNICAL BID FORM

ALONG WITH ALL THE

QUALIFYING

DOCUMENTS

.rar

OTHER-1-BIDDER MAY

UPLOAD DOCUMENTS

as rar DOC

.rar

OTHER-2-BIDDER MAY

UPLOAD DOCUMENTS

as rar DOC

3 Finance .xls PRICE BID

.rar PRICE BID

.pdf PRICE BID

Tender Fee Details, [Total Fee in ₹ * - 22,500]

Tender Fee in ₹

22,500

Fee Payable To NTPC

Vidyut

Vyapar

Nigam

Limited

Fee Payable At New

Delhi

Tender Fee

Exemption

Allowed

EMD Fee Details

EMD Amount in ₹ 50,00,000 EMD through

BG/ST or EMD

Exemption Allowed

EMD Fee Type fixed EMD Percentage NA

EMD Payable To NTPC

Vidyut

Vyapar

Nigam

Limited

EMD Payable At New

Delhi

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Work /Item(s)

Title IFB for Design, Engineering, Supply, Construction, Erection, Testing, Commissioning and 10 years O

AND M of around 30 MW Grid Connected Rooftop/Small Ground Mounted/Elevated Structures Solar PV

Projects at Various Locations of Madhya Pradesh

Work Description IFB for Design, Engineering, Supply, Construction, Erection, Testing, Commissioning and 10 years O

AND M of around 30 MW Grid Connected Rooftop/Small Ground Mounted/Elevated Structures Solar PV

Projects at Various Locations of Madhya Pradesh

Pre Qualification

Details

Please refer Tender documents

Independent External

Monitor/Remarks

Tender Value in ₹ NA Product Category Miscellaneous

Works

Sub category NA

Contract Type Tender Bid Validity(Days) 180 Period Of Work(Days) 270

Location Various Locations of

Madhya Pradesh

Pincode 462001 Pre Bid Meeting Place NA

Pre Bid Meeting

Address

NA Pre Bid Meeting Date NA Bid Opening Place NVVN NEW

DELHI

Should Allow NDA

Tender

No Allow Preferential

Bidder

Critical Dates

Publish Date 16-Dec-2020 06:55 PM Bid Opening Date 08-Jan-2021 03:00 PM

Document Download / Sale Start

Date

16-Dec-2020 06:55 PM Document Download / Sale End

Date

07-Jan-2021 05:00 PM

Clarification Start Date 16-Dec-2020 06:55 PM Clarification End Date 28-Dec-2020 05:00 PM

Bid Submission Start Date 16-Dec-2020 06:55 PM Bid Submission End Date 07-Jan-2021 05:00 PM

Tender Documents

NIT

Document

S.No Document Name Description

Document

Size (in KB)

1 Tendernotice_1.pdf NIT 16522.75

Work Item

Documents

S.No Document Type Document Name Description

Document

Size (in

KB)

1 Tender Documents BidDocumentRE-67.pdf TENDERDOCUMENT 16458.43

2 Tender Documents PriceSchedule30MWMPUVNL.xlsPRICE SCHDULE 94.50

3 Tender Documents Appendix6.rar Appendix6ofTechnicalSpecificationSiteDetails 40.97

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S.No Particulars Expected Value Mandatory

1.0 Do You accept Letter of Undertaking as per tender specific conditions Yes Yes

2.0 Do you accept NTPC Safety Rules Yes Yes

3.0 Do you accept the Fraud Prevention Policy as per bid douments Yes Yes

4.0

Do you accept Withholding and Banning of Business Dealing Policy as per bid

documents

Yes Yes

5.0 Do you certify full compliance on Qualifying Requirements Yes Yes

6.0 Do you certify full compliance to all provisions of Bid documents Yes Yes

Tender Inviting Authority

Name MANAGER-C AND M

Address 2nd Floor, Core 5, Scope Complex, 7, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003

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