Notice Inviting Tender

SECTION-1

NOTICE INVITING TENDER

FOR

FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION SYSTEM

FOR

4620 MW THERMAL POWER PLANT

AT MUNDRA, GUJARAT
ON EPC BASIS

(INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING)

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ADANI POWER (MUNDRA) LIMITED

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)
FOR
FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION SYSTEM
FOR
4620 MW THERMAL POWER PLANT AT MUNDRA, GUJARAT
(International Competitive Bidding)

NIT No. : APMuL-557001 Date: 29.03.2019

Tender Document No.: APMuL/FGD/01/2019

1. Adani Power (Mundra) Limited, a member of Adani Group intends to install Wet
Limestone based Flue Gas Desulphurisation (“FGD”) System for Phase-I: 2x330
MW, Phase-II: 2x330 MW and Phase-III: 2x660 MW of its operating Units at
4620 MW Thermal Power Plant at Village: Tunda & Siracha, Taluka: Mundra,
Dist.: Kutch, Gujarat, India (“Plant”).

2. Adani Power (Mundra) Limited (hereinafter referred as “Owner”), hereby invites

sealed bids from eligible bidders in two (2) envelopes (Envelope-I: Techno-
commercial Bid and Envelope-II: Price Bid), for above mentioned package on an
‘Engineering Procurement and Construction’ (“EPC”) basis, as per the scope of
work mentioned hereinafter.

3. Brief Scope of Work

The selected bidder is required to perform obligations pertaining to the design,

engineering, manufacturing, shop fabrication, procurement, inspection and
testing at manufacturer’s and/or sub-vendor’s works, packaging and
forwarding, supply, transportation including transit and marine insurance,
receipt, unloading, handling and storage at site, complete services of
construction including site fabrication, installation, civil and structural works,
erection, testing, commissioning, conducting performance guarantee tests of
equipment under bidder’s scope of work and retrofit works in existing facilities
of subject Plant, on a single turnkey EPC basis, as more specifically detailed in
the Tender Documents (as defined below).

4. Detailed specifications, scope of work, terms and conditions with respect to

the Project is given in the following documents.

Volume – I : Conditions of Contract

Volume – II : Specifications
(collectively the “Tender Documents”)

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5. The Tender Documents shall be made available for sale to the interested
bidders at the address given below and as per the following schedule:

NIT no. and date APMuL-557001, dated 29.03.2019

Tender Document no. APMuL/FGD/01/2019
Bid document sale 01.04.2019 to 10.04.2019 (on all working days)
period
Bid document sale From 1000 hours (IST) to 1700 hours (IST)
timing
Last date for receipt of Upto 1700 hours on 17.04.2019
bid queries
Owner’s reply to pre-bid by 23.04.2019
queries raised by
bidders(s)
Last date and time for Upto 1700 hours (IST) on 13.05.2019
bid receipt for Envelope-
1 (Techno-commercial
Bid) and Envelope-2
(Price Bid)
Date and time for 1730 hours (IST) on 13.05.2019
opening of Envelope-1
(Techno-commercial Bid)
Date and time for Shall be intimated later subsequent to evaluation of
opening of Envelope-2 Techno-commercial Bid.
(Price Bid)
Bid validity period The bid should be kept valid for a period of 180 (one
hundred eighty) days from the last date of
submission of bids specified hereinabove.
Fee for procurement of Indian Rupees 50,000/- (Indian Rupees Fifty
Tender Documents Thousand) or United States Dollars 700/- (United
States Dollars Seven Hundred)

A complete set of Tender Documents can be purchased by remitting the fee

stated hereinabove for procurement of Tender Documents through ‘Real Time
Gross Settlement’ to the payee’s bank account, details of which shall be
provided on request or through ‘Demand Draft’ or ‘Pay Order’ drawn in favour of
Adani Power (Mundra) Limited, payable at Ahmedabad [Gujarat, India],
addressed to:

Head Techno-commercial,
Adani Power (Mundra) Limited
First Floor, North Block, Adani House,
Shantigram, Near Vaishnodevi Circle,
Ahmedabad – 382 421, Gujarat.
India. Ph.: +91-79-2555 4401
Email: techcom.power@adani.com

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6. Earnest Money Deposit:

6.1 All bids must be accompanied by a bid security as earnest money deposit for
Indian Rupees 1,00,00,000/- (Indian Rupees One Crore) or United States
Dollars 140,000/- (United States Dollars One Hundred Forty Thousand) in the
form of ‘Demand Draft’ in favour of “Adani Power (Mundra) Limited” payable at
Ahmedabad or in the form of an unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantee
with such terms and conditions and in accordance with the format as
prescribed by Owner (“EMD”).

6.2 EMD shall be kept in a separate sealed cover and put in Envelope – 1 (Techno
commercial bid) while submitting the bid. Any bids that are not accompanied
by an acceptable EMD for participation shall be considered invalid and shall
not be considered in respect of the bid herein.

6.3 If the bidder is quoting prices in more than one currency, the EMD shall be in
United States Dollars only.

7. Qualifying Requirement for Bidders

In order to qualify to bid for the Project, the Bidder shall be required to meet
the following requirements:

1) ‘Technical Qualifying Criteria’, as specified in Clause 7.1 below; and

2) ‘Financial Qualifying Criteria’, as specified in Clause 7.2 below.

7.1 Technical Qualifying Criteria

The bidder should meet the qualifying requirements stipulated in anyone of the
qualifying routes i.e. Route-1 (Clause 7.1.1) or Route-2 (Clause 7.1.2) including
requirements stipulated in sub-clauses of respective route.

7.1.1 Route–1: Qualified Wet Limestone based Flue Gas Desulphurisation

Manufacturer (QFGDM)

The bidder should have; (i) designed, engineered, supplied; (ii) erected by itself
or supervised the erection; and (iii) commissioned or supervised the
commissioning, of at least one (1) no. of wet limestone based FGD System
consisting of at least one (1) no. absorber system, having flue gas treatment
capacity of not less than 2,000,000 Nm3/hr with desulphurisation efficiency
of at least 90%, operating in a pulverised coal fired power plant. The above wet
limestone based FGD System should have been in successful operation for a
period of not less than two (2) years as on the last date of submission of bid as
mentioned under this ICB.

7.1.2 Route–2: EPC Organization with Collaboration and Technology Transfer

Agreement with QFGDM

(a) The bidder should be an Engineering, Procurement and Construction

(EPC) organization and should have executed, in the last 10 years, large
industrial projects on EPC basis (with or without civil works) in power
sector or flue gas desulphurisation system in power plant with at least
one of such projects (in single or multiple contract) should have a total

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contract value of Indian Rupees 500 Crores (or its equivalent amount in
any foreign currency) or more. These projects shall be in successful
operation for a period of not less than two (2) years as on the last date
of submission of bid as mentioned under this ICB.

(b) The bidder should also have a valid ongoing collaboration and
technology transfer agreement with a QFGDM meeting requirements of
Clause 7.1.1 on its own, valid minimum up to the end of the Defect
Liability Period of the FGD System as per the Contract to be awarded
under this bid. In such a case bidder can either source the FGD System
from such manufacturer or manufacture/ get manufactured the FGD
System as per the design and manufacturing drawings of such QFGDM.

(c) The bidder shall furnish a Deed of Joint Undertaking (“DJU”) executed
by bidder and the QFGDM, in which the executants of DJU shall be
jointly and severally liable to the Owner for successful performance of
the FGD System including meeting the technical guarantees. The DJU
shall be submitted along with Techno-commercial bid, failing which the
bidder shall be disqualified and its bid shall be rejected.

(d) In case of award of FGD System, the QFGDM will be required to furnish
on-demand a bank guarantee for an amount of five percent (5%) of the
total Contract Price of the Flue Gas Desulphurisation System in addition
to the Contract Performance Bank Guarantee to be furnished by the
bidder under the Contract to be awarded under this bid.

7.2 Financial Qualifying Criteria

7.2.1 Turnover of the Bidder

(a) The average annual turnover of the Bidder should not be less than
Indian Rupees 1,000 Crores (or its equivalent amount in any foreign
currency), as evidenced by the audited accounts, in any three (3)
financial years (proposed by the bidder) out of the immediately
preceding four (4) financial years, as on the last date of purchase of bid
under this ICB.

(b) In cases where audited results for the last financial year as on the last
date of purchase of bid under this ICB are not available, the financial
results certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant shall be
considered acceptable. In case, Bidder is not able to submit the
Certificate from a practicing Chartered Accountant certifying its
financial parameters, the audited results of three consecutive financial
years preceding the last financial year shall be considered for evaluating
the financial parameters.

7.3 For the qualification of Bidder(s), as specified in Clause 7.1 and 7.2 above, the
credentials of Holding company of the Bidder(s) will also be considered.

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Note for Clause 7

Definitions:

1. “QFGDM” (Qualified Wet Limestone based Flue Gas Desulphurisation

Manufacturer) means a manufacturer meeting requirement stipulated in
Clause 7.1.1
2. Whenever the term ‘coal fired’ is appearing above, “Coal” shall be deemed to
also include bituminous coal/ brown coal/ anthracite coal/ lignite.
3. “Flue Gas Desulphurisation System” or “FGD System” wherever appearing
above shall mean consisting of atleast Absorber System.
4. "Holding Company" shall have the meaning ascribed to them as per
Companies Act of India.

8. Bids shall be submitted by the bidders on or before the time and date
stipulated in Clause 5 for submission of the bids at the address given below.
The bids shall be opened by Owner on the date and time stipulated in Clause 5.
Any late submission of bid by the bidder shall be rejected, on Owner’s sole
discretion.

Head Techno-commercial,
Adani Power (Mundra) Limited
First Floor, North Block, Adani House,
Shantigram, Near Vaishnodevi Circle,
Ahmedabad – 382 421, Gujarat.

9. Issuance of Tender Documents to any bidder shall not construe that such
bidder is considered to be qualified. Further, Owner 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 the contract, without thereby incurring any liability
to the affected bidder or bidders or any obligation to inform the affected
bidder or bidders of the grounds for Owner’s action. The decision of Owner
shall be final and binding in this regard.

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