“Member in a Bidding Consortium/Member” shall mean each company in the Bidding Consortium; “MOP” means the Ministry of Power, Government of India; “Parent Company” shall mean a Company that holds at least twenty six percent (26%) of the paid - up equity capital directly or indirectly in the Bidding Company or in the Member in a Bidding Consortium, as the case may be; “Qualification Requirements” mean the qualification requirements as set forth in Section-, Clause of RFQ; “RFP” shall mean Request for Proposal document along with all schedules, annexure and RFP Project Documents and shall include any modifications, amendments or alterations or clarifications thereto; “RFP Project Documents” shall mean the following documents to be entered into in respect of the Project, by the parties to the respective agreements: TSA, Share Purchase Agreement, Any other agreement, as may be required; “RFQ” mean the Request for Qualification document issued by BPC for tariff based competitive bidding process for selection of TSP to execute the Project and shall include any modifications, amendments or alterations or clarifications thereto; “Response to RFQ” shall mean the written response of a Bidder to and in accordance with this RFQ; “Statutory Auditor” shall mean the auditor appointed under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 or under the provisions of any other applicable governing law; “Technically Evaluated Entity” mean the company which has been evaluated for the satisfaction of the technical requirement set forth in Clause hereof; “Transmission Charges” shall mean the charges payable to TSP by Long Term Transmission Customer(s) pursuant to the TSA, as adopted by the Appropriate Commission; “Transmission License” shall mean the license granted by the Appropriate Commission in terms of the relevant regulations for grant of such license issued under The Electricity Act, 2003; “Transmission Service Agreement” or “TSA” shall mean the agreement entered into between Long Term Transmission Customer(s) and the TSP pursuant to which TSP shall build, own, operate and maintain the Project and make available the assets of the Project to Long Term Transmission Customer(s) on a commercial basis;
SECTION - 1 INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION The Government of Ministry of Power, vide Gazette Notification dated November 17, 2015 has notified PFC Consulting Limited to be the Bid Process Coordinator (BPC) for the purpose of selection of Bidder as Transmission Service Provider (TSP) to establish transmission system for “765kV Strengthening in Eastern Region (ERSS-XVIII)” through tariff based competitive bidding process. Subsequently, the scope of the transmission scheme has been modified. In view of this, the bidding process is being The BPC hereby invites responses from all prospective Bidders in accordance with this Request for Qualification (RFQ) to qualify/shortlist the Bidders for participation in the next stage of bidding i.e. Request for Proposal (RFP), as part of the process of selection of prospective Transmission Service Provider (TSP) in accordance with the “Tariff Based Competitive-Bidding Guidelines for Transmission Service” and “Guidelines for Encouraging Competition in Development of Transmission Projects” issued by Government of India, Ministry of Power under Section – 63 of the Electricity Act. The BPC shall select the Bidder having the prescribed technical and financial capability to become TSP and be responsible for establishing the Project in the state(s) of Chhattisgarh. The TSP will make the Project available for use by the Long Term Transmission Customer(s) for Transmission Charges, as adopted by Appropriate Commission, payable to TSP by Long Term Transmission Customer(s), pursuant to a Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) to be signed between the TSP and the Long Term Transmission Customer(s).
commenced till atleast seven (7) days prior to the last date for submission of Response to RFQ has been considered. The project(s) considered for the purpose of technical experience (as per table given below) have been executed and owned to the extent as indicated in the table below (to be not less than twenty six (26%) percent) by the Bidding Company / Lead Member of the Consortium / our Parent / our Affiliate(s)[strike off whichever is not applicable] on operation of the projects. This technical requirement has been calculated as per the instructions provided in the RFQ on the basis of following projects: Name of Company whose technical capability has been used for Qualification Requirement (1) with Bidding Member (2) Project name (3) Nature of Project (4) Date of Completion/ Commercial Operation of partly completed projects (5) cost (Rs. (6) Percentage Equity Holding of Company at (1) in Completed project(s) (7) Project 1 --- --- --- --- Total (Rs.Crores) * Equivalent USD shall be calculated as per provisions of Clause ** The column for “Relationship with Bidding Company / Lead Member” is to be filled in only in case technical capability of Parent/Affiliate has been used for meeting Qualification Requirements. faithfully (Signature and stamp of Any Whole-time Director /Manager [refer Note-2below]of Bidding Company/ Lead Member of Consortium) (Supported by a specific Board Resolution) Name: Date: Place: (Signature and of statutory Auditors of Bidding Company/ Lead Member of Consortium) Name: Date: Place: Relationship