SECTION - 2 INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS SECTION – 2 INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS Qualification Requirements The Bidder should be a company duly incorporated under the relevant laws (Bidding Company) or a Consortium of companies (Bidding Consortium) with one of the companies acting as the Lead Member of the Bidding Consortium. Short-listing of Bidder will be based on meeting the Qualification Requirements specified below, as demonstrated by the Bidder’s Response to RFQ. Further, a Bidding Consortium can participate in the bidding process for the Project if any Member of the Consortium has purchased the RFQ document for such Project. Technical requirement to be met by the Bidding Company or Lead Member of Bidding Consortium The Bidder must fulfill following technical requirements: Experience of development of projects (not necessarily in the power sector) in the last five (5) years with aggregate capital expenditure not less than Rs. 500 Crores (Rupees Five Hundred Crores) or equivalent USD (calculated as per provisions in Clause ). However, the capital expenditure of each project shall not be less than Rs. 49.25 Crores (Rupees Forty Nine Crores and Twenty Five Lakh only) or equivalent USD (calculated as per provisions in Clause 3.1.3.1). For this purpose, capital expenditure incurred on projects that have been commissioned/completed at seven (7) days prior to the last date for submission of Response to RFQ shall be considered. The capital expenditure discussed above shall be as capitalized and reflected in the audited books of accounts of the Technically Evaluated Entity. In case a clearly identifiable part of a project has been put into commercial operation, the capital expenditure on such part of the project shall be considered. Further, the Technically Evaluated Entity must have either executed such projects itself or
Sub: Response to RFQ for shortlisting of Bidders as Transmission Service Provider to establish transmission system for “Northern Region System Strengthening Scheme, NRSS - XXXIII” through tariff based competitive bidding process. Dear Sir, We, the undersigned Member of ……… (Insert name of the Bidding Consortium) have read, examined and understood the RFQ document for the shortlisting of Bidders as prospective TSP to establish transmission system for “Northern Region System Strengthening Scheme, NRSS - XXXIII” through tariff based competitive bidding process. We hereby confirm our concurrence with the Response to RFQ including in particular the Consortium Agreement submitted by ……. (Insert name of the Lead Member) in response to the RFQ document. We hereby confirm our commitment to participate in the said Bidding Consortium and invest ……. % of the total equity requirement for the Project as per the terms of the Consortium Agreement dated ……… and shall submit board resolution for such investment commitment at the RFP stage. We hereby confirm that in accordance with Clause of the RFQ, we shall submit legally binding undertaking supported by a board resolution at the RFP stage from the ………………………….. (Insert name of Technically Evaluated Entity and/or Financially Evaluated Entity or its Ultimate Parent Company, as the case may be) that all the equity investment obligations of …………………. (Insert name of the Member) shall be deemed to be equity investment obligations of the ………………… (Insert name of Technically Evaluated Entity and/or Financially Evaluated Entity or its Ultimate Parent Company, as the case may be) and in the event of any default by………………. (Insert name of the Member), the same shall be met by………………. (Insert name of Technically Evaluated Entity and/or Financially Evaluated Entity or its Ultimate Parent Company, as the case may be). [Insert if applicable] The details of contact person are furnished as under: Name Designation Name of the Company Address Phone Nos. Fax Nos. E-mail address Dated the ……. day of ……. of 20… Thanking you, Yours faithfully, (Signature, Name, Designation of Authorised Signatory of Consortium Member and Company's Seal)