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1. Title of the NIT E-tender cum Reverse Auction for “Design &
Engineering, Manufacture/Procurement, Supply,
Erection, Testing and Commissioning of 7 MW Phase-
: II Grid Connected Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic
Power Plants at Durgapur Projects Limited(DPL),
Durgapur, West Bengal on Turnkey basis with 05
(Five) years comprehensive Operation and
Maintenance”.
2. :
NIT NO. & Date WBDPL/PP/T/PP-435/2021/21-22/E-160
3. Publishing Date
14-12-2021
4.
Document 14-12-2021
Download start date
5.
Pre-bid queries 03-01-2022
submission end
date
6.
04-01-2022; 11:30
https://meet.google.com/gzw-xowa-res
7.
Bid submission 10-01-2022 ; 10:00 hrs.
start date
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8.
Bid submission end 24-01-2022 ; 12:00 Hrs.
date
9.
Earnest Money By online
Submission
10.
Technical Bid 28-01-2022; 13:00 Hrs.
opening date
11.
Uploading of
Technical Bid To be notified through system generated message
Evaluation sheet
12.
Financial Bid
To be notified through system generated message
opening date
13.
Uploading of
Financial Bid To be notified through system generated message
evaluation sheet
14. :
Scope of Work Clause No.ITB1.3
15. Technical:
Qualifying
Job Experience :
Requirement
a) At least one (01) number 7(Seven ) MW capacity or
two(2) number Four(4)
MW Capacity or higher capacity Solar PV project
installation at a single
location during preceding 07 (Seven) years.
Financial :
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17. :
Bid Security/ EMD Rs. 67,76,000/- (Rupees Sixty seven Lakhs
Seventy six thousand only)
18.
Name, Designation, Sri Partha De
Address and other
Sr. Manager(Contract Cell)
:
details
Email adress:- contractcelldpl@gmail.com
20.
Date of : From the date of issuance of Letter Of Award (LOA).
Commencement
21.
Time for : 12 (Twelve) Months from date of LOA
Completion
22. :
Possession of Site Immediately on receipt of LOA from Purchaser (DPL).
23.
Performance i. 10% of the Project Cost plus GST in the form of
guarantee bank guarantee valid for a period of Seventy Two
:
(72) months with further claim period for ninety
(90) days thereafter and as per clause from 3.14.2
& 4.2 of general instructions from Scheduled bank
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25.
Minimum value of
work for each RA : Rs.20.00 Lakhs. (Rupees Twenty lakhs only)
Bill of each
contract
26.
Performance 5% of the Project Cost plus GST will be retained by
Warranty the Purchaser for the performance warranty and the
: same will be paid in 1% yearly after successful
completion of the work i.e. up to defect liability
period.
27.
Integrated project Integrated project performance of minimum solar
performance of Net energy generation at the rate of 1.6 MU annually per
Minimum
: MW AC with degradation of 0.7% for any reason, from
Guaranteed
Generation (NMGG) second year onwards.
28.
Liquidated damages a. Time Delay: 0.5 % of Project Cost plus GST for
for Delay (LD per week delay or part there of subject to a
Clause)
: maximum of 10% of the Project Cost plus GST.
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: documents.
32.
Insurance Insurance of supply, erection work and workmen
: including third party insurance of each equipment are
applicable and to be borne by the Contractor until
final handover of the project upto defect liability
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33. :
Mode of Tendering E-tendering cum Reverse Auction
34. Supply:
Payment Terms
70% after delivery (Prorata basis, Mobilization
Advance paid as per Clause 4.04.02 will be
recovered proportionately from bills under this
phase of payment )
15% after Erection (Prorata basis)
5% after commissioning (Prorata basis)
5% after PG Test
5% will be retained for performance securities
Service:
Mandatory Spares:
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Note : GST rate shall be considered at actual according to directive during actual
execution time
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Section – I
Instruction to Bidder
(ITB)
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CONTENTS
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A. Scope of Work
& Qualifying
Requirements
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1.1.Project particulars
Particulars Description
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Other Details
1.1.2. Name of Work : E-tender cum Reverse Auction for “Design &
Engineering, Manufacture/Procurement, Supply, Erection, Testing and
Commissioning of 7 MW Phase-II Grid Connected Ground Mounted
Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants at Durgapur Projects Limited(DPL),
Durgapur, West Bengal on Turnkey basis with 05 (Five)years
comprehensive Operation and Maintenance”.
1.3.1.The scope of work for each project shall be on the basis of single source
responsibility, completely covering all the Equipment/Material specified under
the Technical Specifications. The work is to be executed on turnkey basis. The
Purchaser will not supply any material departmentally. It shall include the
following:
a. Detailed Site Survey of the proposed solar plant area of DPL for Designing and
Engineering.
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c. Detail calculation of Solar Energy generation (MWp and MW ac) and selection
of Module considering Net Minimum Guaranteed Generation (NMGG)
stipulation for the first five year as well as 25 years of life.
i. Grading of site to even out the surface and provide a solid foundation ,
clearing of vegetation of the Site .
p. All associated electrical and civil works required for interfacing with grid i.e.
transformer(s), breakers, isolators, panels, protection system, cables.
metering, earthing etc.
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v. SCADA system for remote monitoring and control of SPV panels with all
hardware & software.
w. Low lying area below HFL(High flood level) to be converted into Reservoirs with
garlanding for supplying cleaning water of the PV modules
y. Till the successful completion of O&M activities of the plant and handing over
the same to the Purchaser, the necessary security arrangement of all the
materials and equipment will be the sole responsibility of the Contractor from
the date of site hand over.
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a. Providing training material to the end users during onsite training for
end users.
1.3.2. SUPPLY:
a) The Supply scope includes the following but not limited to:
Manufacture , Supply and delivery of all the materials like PV Module (Solar
Monofacial/Bifacial crystalline modules having capacity minimum 500 Wp
and MNRE approved ) with minimum 10% DC margin, Module Mounting
Structure, Grid Connected Inverters, Station Aux Transformer, Inverter Voltage
/6.6 KV transformer, String Monitoring Boxes, HT panel, LT Panel, other LT
boards, Web based monitoring systems & SCADA, Weather Monitoring Systems,
PLC/ DCS, Cables, System protection and other accessories conforming to the
Technical Specification as required for successful Installations &
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The Erection and Commissioning scope includes the following but not
limited to:
Total time for competition: 365 days from zero date from each project.
The entire work shall be executed on Lump sum turnkey basis. Any item(s) not
included in the specification / schedule but required for completion of the work
shall have to be carried out/supplied without any extra cost. Such works, not
listed in the schedule of works but elaborately described to perform or to
facilitate particular operation(s) required for completion of the project shall be
deemed to have been included in the scope of this work and the bidder shall
supply, install the same without any extra cost to DPL.
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The work shall be executed in conformity with the relevant standard of Bureau
of Indian Specification (or equivalent International Standard), Indian Electricity
Rules, 1956 (as amended up to date), Indian Electricity Act 2003(as amended
up to date), BARC/DAE rules, Explosive Act 1948, Petroleum Act 1934,
National Building Code and relevant Rules in vogue at the time of execution
including operation & maintenance period.
The bidder shall comply with all applicable laws or ordinances, codes, approved
standards, rules, and regulations and shall procure all necessary Panchayat /
Municipal and Government permits & licenses etc at his own cost.
The bidder to provide full time round the clock watches and ward to protect the
material from theft and pilferage.
1.3.7.SITE INSPECTION
The bidder is advised to visit and examine project site and its surroundings and
obtain for himself, on his own responsibility, all information that may be
necessary for entering into contract. The bidder will assess and satisfy himself
as to the adequacy of the local conditions such as approach roads to the site,
adequacy of existing culverts/bridges/roads for the expected traffic, water
and power supply, nature of ground and sub soil condition, water table level,
accommodations required during the contract, climatic conditions, local terrain,
availability of labour and construction materials, details of taxes, duties and
levies as applicable and any other information required. The cost of visiting the
site shall be at the bidder’s own expenses.
1.3.8.FACILITIES AT SITE
The Bidder will be provided with maximum 100 A capacity 415V, 3 Phase, 50
HZ power sources at one point near DPL Administrative Building boundary for
construction and fabrication purpose but cabling to be done by the Bidder,
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Control, metering and distribution inside the solar power plant area shall be
made by the bidder at his own cost. Cost of the construction power will be
charged basis with the rate of WBSEDCL. Bidder shall also ready with sufficient
number alternative power supply arrangements like DG set etc.
Water supply shall be provided to the contractor at 500 mtr. Distance from site
for construction and maintenance purpose. The Bidder shall arrange for pumps
and distribution piping to various locations within the solar power plant
depends on the requirement.
1.3.9.1. LAYOUT:
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Total 7MW Solar plant to be installed on the area mentioned as per the
clause no.1.3.9.1. (b) above. This switchgear cum control room (Common
to both 7 MW and 8 MW projects ) shall be constructed at a suitable
location to be decided during designing & engineering.
This building shall be two parts, one part for Equipment Room for housing
Switchgear, electrical equipment/panels and other part for Control Room
for Control operation. The control room (must) and equipment room (if
required) be provided with AC environment for the operation & maintenance
of Solar Plant. Capacity of the AC system shall be as per design of the room.
SCADA panel, UPS and UPS DB etc. shall be placed inside the Control
room.
i. HT & LT switchgear
i. AC Distribution Panel
ii. Inverters
vi. Other equipment which are required for better operation of the
Plant.
Space provision for total two numbers equivalent extension panel for
future project to be considered on both the sides of 6.6 kV HT panel.
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LT switchgear shall have atleast 2.5 mtr. additional space to be kept, apart
from its original size for future use.
iv. UPS
v. DCS / PLC
vi. Fire Alarm Panel
vii. Others equipment which requires AC environment
f) GRID CONNECTIVITY:
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i) HT SWITCHGEAR
Inside control room building, 6.6 kV switchgear should have outgoing and
incoming feeders. Outgoing feeders should be connected with two Station
Service Transformers for lighting and other auxiliary consumption and
feeder is used for evacuation of power. Sufficient number of incoming
other feeders shall be provided for incoming power from Inverter
Transformer . One feeder for Inverter transformer another feeder for Inverter
Transformer shall be kept as spare with all VCB and protection system
equivalent.
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Spare feeder should be equipped with all existing facility like protection,
control, and indication etc. of active breaker.
j) LT SWITCHGEAR:
One number indoor type 415V LT switchgear has been considered for
supply of 415 V (3 phases, 1 neutral and single phase for lighting etc). The
said LT bus has to be made with proper protection system with two
Incomers and one Bus-coupler philosophy. Incomer and Bus-coupler shall
be Air Circuit Breaker of similar rating. Two spare out going feeders of
capacity 200A MCCB also to be considered under this LT Board from both
bus-sections. Control Voltage 220 V DC.
The Bidder shall meet the following minimum qualification for 7 MW grid
connected Ground Solar PV Power Plant:
1.4.1GENERAL :
The Bidder, who intends to participate in the Bid, must have to meet the following
criteria:
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1.4.1.3. The bidder must have valid GST, PF Registration, Return cum Challan (latest
available) for Provident fund, ESI registrations; and these are to be submitted along with
the bid.
Bidding Consortium/ Joint Venture Bidders shall comply with the following
requirements
ii Subject to the provisions of clause (i) above, the Bid should contain the
detail information required for each member of the Joint Venture, viz.
Financial Capacity, Technical capacity etc of each member;
iii Members of the Joint Venture shall nominate one member as the lead
member (the “Lead Member”). Lead Member shall meet at least 50%
requirement of Financial Capacity and at least 30% of Technical Capacity.
The nominated Lead member shall remain unchanged during the entire
period of project execution including the Defects Liability Period. The
nomination(s) shall be supported by a Power of Attorney, as per the format
at (Form- 12) duly Signed by all the other Members of the Joint Venture.
Each of the other Member(s) shall meet at least 30% of the required
Technical Capacity and 20% of the required Financial Capacity
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v All the Consortium Member should fulfill the criteria as per clause No.1.4.1.
vi The Bid should include a brief description of the roles and responsibilities of
individual members, particularly with reference to financial, technical and
defect liability obligations which will satisfy the sub-clause 1.4.1.4(iii) above;
vii All the members of the bidding consortium after the award and signing of
the EPC Contract Agreement shall be obliged to continue to discharge their
responsibility as the “members” of the consortium for a period covering the
entire project completion period including defect liability plus Five (5) years
of the Operation & Maintenance period of the project. This five (5) years
period shall be deemed to be effective from the date of commencement of the
O&M period this project.
xi The award of the contract will be conferred on the Lead Member only(refer
clause-3.2.3)
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1.4.2.TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT:
The Bidder, who intends to participate in the Bid, must have to meet the
following criteria:
ii. The bidder should submit a list of contracts of similar nature already
executed and presently under execution giving details of client,
completion time, scope and value of work.
iii. The Bidder should have minimum 01 (one) number 7 (Seven) MW or two(2)
number Four(4) MW Capacity or higher capacity Solar PV Power Plant
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) experience which is in operational in
India or abroad for last one year ending at last date of Bid submission.
iv. The Bidder shall submit a latest O&M certificate issued by Project Developer
of such plant.
1.4.3.FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT:
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The Bidder, who intends to participate in the Bid, must have to meet the
following criteria:
ii. Minimum one Order of similar job of INR 27.10 Crores / two Order of
similar job of INR 16.94 Crores each / three Order of similar job of INR
13.55 Crores each during last seven years
iii. If the Bidder is bidding Consortium then the combined MAAT of those
Members in such consortium should satisfy the above conditions of
eligibility.
iv. Net worth as per the financial statement of the last financial year should
not be less than 100% of the paid share capital of the bidder.
v. If the Bidder is Bidding Consortium then combined Net Worth of the both
partner should not be less than 100% of the paid share capital of the
bidder.
vi. “Net worth” should be positive for the last three years
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1.4.4.4. Notwithstanding anything stated herein, DPL reserves the right to inquire and
review the bidder's capability and capacity to perform the work at the time of evaluation.
1.5.RESPONSIBILITY OF BIDDERS
1.5.1. The DPL will not assume any responsibility regarding information
gathered, interpretations or conclusions made by the bidder or regarding
information, interpretations or deductions the bidder may derive from the data
furnished by the DPL. Verbal agreement or conversation with any employee of the
DPL either before or after the submission of bid shall not affect or modify any of
the terms or obligations contained herein.
1.5.3. It must be understood and agreed by the bidders that factors which may
affect the cost, duration and execution of the works have properly been
investigated and considered while submitting the bid. Claims whatsoever
including those for financial adjustment in the price of the Contract awarded in
accordance with these bidding documents will not be entertained by the
Purchaser. Neither any change in time schedule of Contract nor any financial
adjustments arising thereof shall be permitted by the Purchaser, which are based
on the lack of investigation or its effect on the cost of the Contract to the bidder.
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1.5.4. If the Bidder did not execute Electrical Sub-station of 6.6 kV or above
voltage level then the Bidder have to engage DPL approved vendor for 6.6
kV Substation work.
The bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of
his bid and DPL in no case shall be responsible or liable for these costs,
regardless of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process.
The scope of work, bidding procedures, Contract terms and conditions and
technical specifications are prescribed in the bidding documents. The set of
bidding documents uploaded for the purpose of bidding includes the sections
stated below together with any addendum/amendment (Clause No. 1.11) to be
issued.
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: Form
1 Check List
3 Bid Form/Undertaking
6 Capability Status
Section VI
7 Statement of Similar type of order, Orders executed as on date of
issuance of NIT
11 JV/Consortium Agreement
12 Power of Attorney
Annexure
6 Completion Certificate
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8 Taking-Over Certificate
9 No-Claim Certificate
12 Authorization letter
The bidder is advised to visit and examine project site and its surroundings and
obtain for himself, on his own responsibility, all information that may be
necessary for entering into contract. The bidder will assess and satisfy himself
as to the adequacy of the local conditions such as approach roads to the site,
adequacy of existing culverts/bridges/roads for the expected traffic, water
and power supply, nature of ground and sub soil condition, water table level,
accommodations required during the contract, climatic conditions, local terrain,
availability of labour and construction materials, details of taxes, duties and
levies as applicable and any other information required. The cost of visiting the
site shall be at the bidder’s own expenses.
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1.9.2. The DPL will issue clarification(s) as it may think fit after pre-bid meeting
prior to the deadline/ extended deadline for submission of bids prescribed by the
DPL. Written copies of the DPL’s response will be uploaded in the e-tendering
portal in the corrigendum folder which shall be available to all the participant
bidders
1.9.3. Any queries sent by the bidders after the date and time notified in NIT or
any extended date, if any, shall not be entertained.
1.10.4. Any essential requirement not included in the Price Schedules but
required for successful commissioning and operation of Works as per scope of
Contract shall be indicated by the bidders as per Form: 9 of Section VI and
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submitted before the pre-bid meeting by the date specified in the NIT in line
with ITB. 1.9.1. The Purchaser shall make related modifications/ amendments
as may be considered necessary based on this form in the bidding documents
as per provisions mentioned in this clause.
1.11.1. At any time, but not later than seven (7) days prior to the deadline for
submission of bids, the Purchaser may, for any reason, whether at its own
initiative or in response to a clarification request by a prospective bidder,
modify the bidding documents by issue of an addendum/amendment.
1.11.4. DPL has the liberty to modify the bidding documents by issue of an
addendum/amendment or to cancel the bid at any time.
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C. PREPARATION OF BIDS
1.12.0 ABOUT THE BID
The bidder can search & download NIT & Bid Document(s) electronically
from e-tender portal https://wbtenders.gov.in once he/she logs on to the
portal using the Digital Signature Certificate (DSC). This is the only mode of
collection of Bid Documents.
1.12.3. Language of the bid
The bid prepared by the bidder and all correspondences and documents
relating to the bid, exchanged between the bidder and the DPL shall be written
in the English language, provided that any printed literature furnished by the
bidder may be written in another language so long as the bid is accompanied by
an English translation of its pertinent passages. Failure to comply with this
may disqualify a bid. For purposes of interpretation of the bid, the English
translation shall govern.
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1.13.0.DEVIATION
Request for any deviation may be considered only if pointed out by any
bidder in the Pre Bid meeting. The queries and proposed modification
regarding tender must be submitted by writing as per format (Vide Form -9
and Form-10) before pre bid meeting (ITB. 1.10)
Any bidder willing to take part in the process of e-Tendering will have to be
enrolled & registered with the Government e-Procurement System, by
logging on to https://wbtenders.gov.in The contractor is to click on the
link for e-Tendering site as given on the web portal.
1.15.0.BID PRICES
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contract shall be 7.5 % of the basic project cost (excluding GST) for 5(five)
years which is predefined and O&M contract shall be placed on this basis(refer
clause-3.8.4.6) after completion of the project.
1.15.3. The taxes, duties and levies shall be indicated by the bidder in the
respective price schedule and shall be quoted as per the rates in force seven (7)
days prior to the last date of submission of bids with respect of direct
transaction between Contractor and Purchaser. Details of Tax and Duties will
be guided by the clause no. GCC 3.15.
1.15.4.The bidder shall fill in price for all items described in the price
schedules. Item against which no price is entered by the bidder will not be paid
for by DPL when executed and shall be deemed to have been covered in other
prices in the Price Schedule where the evaluation is being done on the basis of
total prices quoted for all the Price Schedules.
1.15.5.All the prices shall be quoted in INR (Indian rupees) only. Foreign
exchange component or foreign exchange variation will not be entertained for
any reason whatsoever.
1.15.6.If any rebate/discount is offered, the price after overall discount shall be
brought out in the Price Schedule. Conditional rebates/discount, if any, offered
by any bidder shall not be considered during bid evaluation.
Price quoted by the bidder shall be firm during the entire period of contact and
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Bid evaluation for Phase I and Phase II will be done on the quoted base price
only.
1.16.1. The bids submitted by the bidder shall remain valid for a minimum
period of 180 days from the next day of opening of Technical bid. A bid valid for
a shorter period than 180 days shall be rejected by the DPL.
Rs. 67,76,000/- (Rupees Sixty seven Lakhs Seventy six thousand only)
1.17.3. DPL reserves the right to forfeit the Earnest Money deposit in case the
tenderer after opening the tender withdraws, amends, impairs, derogates or
revokes his tender within the validity period or extensions thereof.
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furnishing the Performance Guarantee as per ITB. 1.34 and execution of the
Contract Agreement by the bidder.
1.17.4. If the bid security is not in adequate value the bid will be rejected by
the DPL and returned to the bidder with in thirty (30) days of the bid opening
date.
a) If the bidder withdraws its bid as a whole or in part as per ITB.1.21, during
the period of bid validity specified by the bidder in its bid.
c) If the bidder does not accept the correction of its bid price pursuant to ITB.
1.26
1.17.6. If the successful bidder fails, within the specified time limit either to
accept the Letter of Award (LoA) and sign the Contract Agreement
unconditionally or, to furnish the Contract Performance Guarantee, in
accordance with ITB. 1.34. DPL may cancel the bid and no interest shall be
paid by the Purchaser on the bid security.
All documents should be digitally signed by the bidders and uploaded by them.
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D. SUBMISSION OF BID
1.19.0. SUBMISSION OF BID
1.19.1. Tenders are to be submitted through online to the website stated above
in two folders at a time for each work, one in Techno-commercial Proposal &
the other is Financial Proposal before the prescribed date & time using the
Digital Signature Certificate (DSC). Virus scanned copy of the documents are to
be uploaded duly digitally Signed. The documents will get encrypted
(transformed into non readable formats).
1.19.3. It is a two part bidding process so the offer contains two Proposals: a)
Technical Proposal and b) Financial Proposal.
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1.19.3.1.TECHNO-COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL:
1) “EMD” folder
2) “NIT” Folder and
3) “Form” Folder.
1) “ EMD” folder:
Print-out copy of E-challan of EMD has to be submitted within the Technical Cover.
2) “NIT” Folder
Note: Bidders are to keep track of all the Addendum / Corrigendum issued with a
particular tender and upload all the above digitally signed along with the NIT.
Tenders submitted without the Addendum / Corrigendum will be treated as informal
and liable to be rejected.
3) “Forms” folder:
i. This folder will contain all the following forms given is section-VI of
this documents
iii. Forwarding Letter for submission of Bid Security and Tender Fee
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(Form – 2)
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AND
Bidders are requested to submit all the documents as per the same
serial in the above table given.
The Financial Proposal shall contain Price Bid and Mode of Transaction in
the following standardized format i.e. file named BOQ –in Excels format.
BOQ
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i The BOQ to be filled up and upload is in form of Excel file in the BOQ folder
(Cover).
ii In BOQ, Bidders will quote total Project Cost (excluding O&M job) and
Total GST in INR for 7 MW Phase -2. Evaluation of L1 will be done
based on minimum base price of total project cost of Phase II (i.e.
excluding O&M job & total GST) quoted by the bidder during reverse e-
auction.
iii BOQ file consist of one worksheet with two part i.e. 1) Supply Schedule &
2) Erection Schedule
iv Filling up procedure-
d) Bidders are advised to price their bids in such a manner that the Civil
Works Price Component of the bid price (including Site Fabricated
Structural works price) should not be less than 12% of total supply
price of Main Equipment.
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Total estimated Project cost and Comprehensive O&M including GST = Rs. 10626.00
Lakh.
Estimated project cost including GST = 1.089P, where GST is 8.9% (GST will be
changed accordingly as per changes in guidelines)
Basic estimated comprehensive O&M cost for 5 years = 0.075P, (7.5% of basic project
cost)
Total estimated comprehensive O&M cost including GST = 0.075P x 1.18 = 0.0885P
(Where GST is 18%)
Total estimated Project cost including O&M and GST = 1.089P + 0.0885P = 1.1775P
Therefore,
1.775P = 10626.00
Total estimated comprehensive O&M cost including GST = Rs. 798.64 Lakh
1.20.1. The original Demand Draft/B.G against Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)
must be submitted physically in the tender box at the office of the GM (M&C),
Corporate office, DPL, under sealed cover super-scribing the name of the work
with NIT no., name of the bidder, name of the work etc. on or before the date &
time mentioned in the bid data sheet or any extension of date & time . If the
bidder fails to submit the original copies within the due date and time his
tender will not be opened and his bid will be rejected.
1.20.2. Bids must be received by DPL at the online e-tendering portal address
specified in NIT, no later than the time and date mentioned in NIT.
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1.20.3. The DPL may, at its discretion, under intimation to the bidders who
have downloaded the bidding documents, extend the deadline for the
submission of bids / opening of bids by issuing an addendum and hosting the
same on the e-tender portal, in which case all rights and obligations of DPL and
bidders previously subject to the original deadline shall thereafter subject to the
deadline as extended.
1.20.4. In the event, the deadline for uploading of bid is extended by the DPL,
the bidders who have already uploaded their bids within the original deadline of
submission shall have the option to upload their revised bid in substitution
either in full or in part of earlier bid. In the absence of a revised bid, the original
bid shall be considered for opening and subsequent evaluation. Wherever, the
bidder has submitted the revised bid in full, in modification of earlier bid, the
earlier bid shall be returned unopened to the bidder.
a) The original copies of the DD/BC towards DD/BC/BG towards EMD (Bid
security) as per NIT shall be submitted along with a forwarding letter (Form –
2) within the date and time as specified in the bids.
b) If the bidder fails to submit the original copies of the Bid Security within the
due date and time, his tender will not be opened and his bid will stand
rejected.
1.21.WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS
The bidder shall not be permitted to withdraw their bid during the interval
between bid submission deadline (as mentioned in NIT) and the period of bid
validity as per ITB.1.15. If any withdrawal of bid is made by the bidder during
the above period, it shall result in the forfeiture of the bid security
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1.22.2 Bids that are not opened at bid opening will not be considered for further
evaluation, regardless of the circumstances. The reason for which bids are not
being opened will be notified to all the bidders through e-tendering portal.
1.22.3 The bidders’ names, bid withdrawal and the presence or absence of the
requisite bid security and such other details which DPL at his discretion may
consider appropriate will be notified in the e-tendering portal at the bid opening
date.
1.22.4 In this case of Single stage two part bids, on the date of opening of bid, the
techno-commercial bid shall only be opened. The date for opening of the Price
bid shall be intimated electronically at the appropriate time to the bidders
whose bid is found responsive in the techno-commercial evaluation.
1.22.5 In the event, Purchaser, in its discretion, decides not to open the bid for want of
adequate response to the bidding, the Purchaser may either extend the bid
submission deadline or cancel the bidding process any time before issuance of
Letter of Award(LOA).
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1.23.1 Subject to ITB. 1.24, no bidder shall contact the Purchaser on any matter
related to its bid from the time of opening of the bids to the time the Contract is
awarded.
1.23.2 Any effort by a bidder to influence Purchaser or others connected in the process
of examination, clarification, evaluation and comparison of bids, and in
decisions concerning the award of Contract, may result in the rejection of his
bid.
1.24.1 During bid evaluation, Purchaser may, at its discretion and if so required, ask
the bidders for any clarification in support of their compliance to stipulated
Qualifying Requirements (QR) or any other matter related to its bid except to
the extent in ITB.1.24.2. The request for clarification required from the bidder
and the response thereto shall be in writing and shall be delivered by registered
speed post/email/courier / hand delivery under acknowledgement / email / fax
so as to reach the Purchaser within the time specified in the request for
clarification issued by Purchaser.
1.24.2 Any post-bid change in the price or substance (techno-commercial) of the bid
shall not be sought, offered or accepted.
1.25.1 The Purchaser will examine the bids to determine whether they are complete,
whether any computational errors have been made, whether required securities
have been furnished, whether power of attorney of signatory of the bid has been
submitted, whether the documents have been properly signed and whether the
bids are generally in order and substantially responsive to the requirements of
the bidding documents.
1.25.2 For the purpose of this clause, a substantially responsive bid is one which
conforms to all the Terms, Conditions and Specifications of the bidding
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1.25.4 The Purchaser may waive any minor infirmity, non-conformity or irregularity in
a bid that does not constitute a material deviation, and that does not prejudice
or affect the relative ranking of any bidder, as a result of the technical and
commercial evaluation pursuant to ITB. 1.28 & ITB. 1.29.
The basic consideration and the essence of the Contract shall be the strict
adherence to the time schedule specified in the Bids and NIT after the
Commencement Date of the Contract as incorporated in the Contract
Agreement for completion of Works. Bidders are required to base their prices on
the time schedule mention in Clause no. GCC 3.21. No credit will be given for
earlier completion for the purpose of evaluation.
1.27.1 The Purchaser will carry out a detailed evaluation of the bids determined to be
substantially responsive as per clause no. ITB 1.25 in order to determine
whether the technical aspects are in accordance with the requirements set forth
in the bidding documents. Bids submitted by bidders with any deviations
shall be rejected.
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1.27.2 The Purchaser will determine to its satisfaction whether the bidder selected as
having submitted the lowest evaluated responsive bid is qualified to
satisfactorily perform the Contract in terms of the qualifying requirements
stipulated in NIT.
1.27.3 The determination will take into account the bidder’s financial, technical,
production and execution capabilities, in particular its work in hand and future
commitments. It will be based upon an examination of the documentary
evidence of the bidder’s qualifications submitted by the bidder to the bid, as
well as such other information as the Purchaser deems necessary and
appropriate.
1.27.5 The financial evaluation will be a two stage process. Initially the process of price
bid decryption will be same as is normally executed in an e-Tender. Subsequent
to this, reverse e-auction process will be executed among all the eligible bidders
following the standard e-auction procedure of the portal, i.e.
https://wbtenders.gov.in.
1.27.6 EVALUATION:
Bidder shall quote the Total Bid price required for setting up the 7 MW Solar
PV Ground Solar Project in the financial part of bid.
All the Bidders shall be quote the following information in Bidding documents:
Quoted Price in INR (X) excluding GST. Base price only shall be
considered for evaluation.
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The Evaluation criteria for the Project cost shall be based on lowest
1.27.7 Evaluation will be done on base price only quoted by the bidder during
Reverse auction in their Bid where L1 will be selected on mention in cl.
No. 1.19.3.2 (ii) Cl. No. 3.15.1 & Cl. No. 3.15.5.
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F. AWARD OF CONTRACT
1.29.1 The Purchaser will award the Contract to the successful bidder(s) whose bid
has been determined to be substantially responsive and has been determined
as the lowest bid provided further that the bidder is determined to be qualified
to perform the Contract satisfactorily. The Purchaser shall be the sole judge in
this regard.
1.29.2 For the purpose of determining the capability and capacity of the bidder to
perform the Contract, the Purchaser reserves the right to verify the authenticity
of the documents submitted by the bidder for meeting the qualification
requirements and may undertake verification of the facilities available with the
bidder.
DPL reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding
process and reject all bids at any time prior to award of contract, without
thereby incurring any liability to affected bidder or bidders or any obligation to
inform the affected bidder or bidders the reason for DPL’s action.
1.31.1 After approval of bid evaluation by DPL, the successful bidder may be invited
for pre-award discussions. After pre-award discussions and prior to the expiry
of the period of bid validity, DPL will notify the successful bidder in writing by
registered letter and E-mail, that his bid has been accepted. This letter (`Letter
of Award' or LOA or Material/Service Contract) shall mention the sum which
DPL will pay to the Contractor in consideration of the execution & completion
of the Works by the Contractor as prescribed under the Contract.
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1.31.2 Material & Service Contract will be issued as per the BOQ Schedule submitted
by L1 bidder in line with Cl. No. 1.19.3.2 and Cl. No. 3.2.
1.31.3 Within Seven (07) days of receipt of the LOA, the successful bidder shall sign
and return one (1) original copy of the same to DPL as acknowledgment of
acceptance of the same.
1.31.4 The LOA or Material/Service Contract will constitute the formation of the
Contract as per provisions of GCC.3.4.5
Within Seven (07) days from the date of acceptance of LOA, the successful
Bidder submit two separate Contract Agreements for Phase I and Phase II (6
copies in original on non-judicial stamp paper of appropriate value) as per
Annexure: 1 of Section VII in three (3) copies each incorporating all
agreements between the parties duly signed by the authorized signatory of the
Bidder along with the LOA.
DPL shall sign the above Contract Agreements if found in order and return one
(1) copy to the Bidder.
1.33.1 Within fifteen (21) days of LOA from DPL, the successful bidder shall
furnish to DPL Contract Performance Guarantee (CPG), as in the form of
an unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee equal to three percent
(3%) of the Contract Prices including GST for the Contract and as per
the Annexure: 2 of Section VII.
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a. The successful bidder does not execute the work within 60 days after
placement of Letter of Award (LOA) and/or,
If L1 bidder’s quoted bid is 80% or less of the estimated project cost mentioned
in this tender then additional Contact Performance Guarantee (ACPG) as in the
form of an unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee (BG) equal to ten
percent (10%) of the Contract Price for all the Contracts and as per the
Annexure: 2 of Section VII have to be submitted by the bidder in the form of
any scheduled commercial bank before issuance of Contract Agreement. If the
bidder fails to submit the Additional Performance Security within scheduled
time, his EMD will be forfeited. The Additional Performance Security shall
remain valid up to the Defect Liability Period of sixty (60) calendar months and
project execution period (12) months, with an additional claim period of ninety
(90) days, failing which his bid security may be forfeited.
a. The successful bidder does not execute the work after (60) sixty days
placement of Letter of Award (LOA) and/or,
b. The successful bidder discontinue the work without prior permission of DPL
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and/or,
c. The successful bidder fails to install/procure the total capacity of the plant
as mentioned in the Bid Document and/or,
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