Section I - NOTICE INVITING TENDER

ABRIDGED NOTICE INVITING TENDER WBSETCL (A Govt of West Bengal Enterprise) CHIEF ENGINEER (PROCUREMENT), VIDYUT BHAVAN NOTICE INVITING TENDERS For

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 132/33 KV GIS SUBSTATION AT KULI, DISTRICT - MURSHIDABAD. (Package-12)

AND

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 132/33 KV GIS SUBSTATION AT KHEJURIA, DISTRICT-MALDA. (Package-13)

[Domestic Competitive Bidding]

West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited herein referred to as WBSETCL invites sealed bids through Domestic Competitive Bidding (DCB) from eligible bidders against NIT No. CE (Procurement) / WBSETCL / TransProject/Sub-Stn./Package12 (Kuli) & Package 13 (Khejuria)/2012-13/01 Dated 09.04.2012 for design, engineering, civil construction, supply & delivery, erection, testing and commissioning including transportation & insurance, storage in respect of: (i) PACKAGE 12: Kuli 132 KV GIS sub-station and their associated works as defined in the bid document on Turn-key Basis. AND (ii) PACKAGE 13: Khejuria 132 KV GIS sub-station and their associated works as defined in the bid document on Turn-key Basis.

Bid documents for both Packages shall be on sale from 09.04.2012 to 20.04.2012 & bids shall be received up to 2-00 PM on 30.05.2012 and shall be opened on 30.05.2012 at 3-00 PM. WBSETCL intends to finance these packages through Loan/Bond. Interested bidders shall obtain detailed NIT and bidding documents for individual/both the packages from A.C.E. & Nodal Officer, Procurement, 10th.Floor, B Block,Vidyut Bhavan,Block-DJ ,Sector-II,Salt Lake,Kolkata-91,Tel:033-23197713,FAX:033-23591894, on payment of prescribed cost of bidding documents separately for each Package. Detailed NITs for both the Packages are also available at WBSETCL website (www.wbsetcl.in) and can be downloaded from the website for bidders information.

DETAILED NOTICE INVITING TENDER WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED (A Govt of West Bengal Enterprise) CHIEF ENGINEER (PROCUREMENT), VIDYUT BHAVAN NOTICE INVITING TENDERS For

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 132/33 KV GIS SUBSTATION AT KULI, MURSHIDABAD. (Package- 12)

[Domestic Competitive Bidding]

1.0 West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited herein referred to as WBSETCL invites sealed bids through Domestic Competitive Bidding(DCB) from eligible bidders for design, engineering, civil construction, supply & delivery (Power Transformers to be supplied by WBSETCL), erection, testing and commissioning including transportation & insurance, storage in respect of Kuli 132 KV GIS and their associated works as defined in the bid document on Turn-key Basis against NIT No. CE (Procurement)/WBSETCL/TransProject/Sub-Stn./Package 12 (Kuli) & Package 13 (Khejuria)/2012-13/01 Dated 09.04.2012 as per the scope of work mentioned hereinafter.

2.0 SCOPE OF WORK The brief scope of work is as under: The work covered under this scope is for construction of Gas Insulated 132/33 KV (132 KV Indoor type GIS & 33 KV Indoor type switchgear) substation at KULI, District:Murshidabad along with PLCC works at KULI substation and its linking substation at Gokarna 220/132KV Substation in the District of Murshidabad and Sainthia 132 KV substation in the District of Birbhum on Turn-Key basis. This also includes the following but not limited to: Preparation of Sub-station layout, detailed engineering, supply & delivery of all Sub-stations structures including equipment structures, GIS equipments and associated outdoor equipments conforming to technical specification and as per Schedule , civil foundations, Integrated GIS buildings, utility buildings/quarters etc as applicable as furnished in the Bid document and other civil works etc along with erection, testing and

commissioning of substation in all respects including Power Line Carrier Communication through 132 KV lines .

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information on the bidding documents from the Office of the Chief Engineer(Procurement) , WBSETCL at the address given below:Vidyut Bhavan, 10th. Floor B Block, Salt Lake, Block DJ Sector II, Kolkata-91. 2.1 Schedule of Work and Completion period: Sl no 1. Packa Name of Brief scope of works ge no sub-station 12 Kuli 132/33 KV GIS Status Completion of Sub- time. station (i) 2 nos 132 KV GIS Feeder Bays New 16 Months (ii) 2 nos 132 KV GIS Bays for 50 from the MVA, 132/33 KV Transformer. Date of (iii) 1 no 132 KV GIS Bus Coupler LOA. Bay with Main Bus PTs. (iv) 33 KV Indoor Draw out type SF6 switchgear assembly complete comprising of 10 nos outgoing Feeder bays, 2 nos Incoming Transformer Bays, 1 nos Bus Coupler Bay and 1 no Bus sectionalizing bay including 2 set of Bus PTs. (v) 2 nos 315 KVA, 33/0.4 KV Station Service Transformer. (vi) 2 nos 100KVA, 33/0.4 KV Earthing Transformer.

The above scope shall also include supply, delivery, erection, testing and commissioning of PLCC works at linking substation viz Gokarna and Sainthia. 3.0 WBSETCL intends to finance this package through Loan/Bond.

4.0 Detailed Specification , scope of work and conditions are given in the bidding documents, which are available for sale at the address given below as per the following schedule : Bidding document No : CE(Procurement)/WBSETCL/Trans. Project/Sub-Stn/Package-12(Kuli)/201213/01 Dtd 09/04/12 From 09.04.2012 to 20.04.2012(except holidays Monday to Friday) From 11-00 AM.to3-00 PM 27.04.2012 by 3.00 P.M.

Document sale date & time

Last Date of Submission of Clarifications/Queries for PreBid meeting Pre-bid meeting Bid receipt date & time Bid opening date & time Cost of bidding document

: : :

10.05.2012 at 2.30 PM. Up to 30.05.2012 by 2-00 PM 30.05.2012 at 3-00 PM. Rs5000/-[Rupees Five Thousand only].

A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by any interested bidder on submission of a written application along with credentials and payment (non-refundable) of the cost of the bidding documents as mentioned above in the form of a Demand Draft/Pay Order/Bankers Cheque drawn in favour of WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED from any scheduled bank payable at Kolkata. Issuance of bidding documents shall not automatically construe that the bidder fulfils the Qualifying Requirements which shall be determined during bid evaluation based on data/documents submitted by the bidder 5.0 All bids must be accompanied by bid security for an amount of Rs 56 Lakh [Rupees Fifty Six Lakh only] in the form of Demand Draft /Pay order /bankers Cheque/ Bank Guarantee and shall remain valid for a period of 240 days from the date of opening of Bids with a claim period of another 90 days thereafter. Bids not accompanied with an acceptable bid security as specified in bidding documents, in a separate cover or bids accompanied with bid security of inadequate value shall be rejected by the WBSETCL and in such cases bids shall be returned to the bidders unopened

6.0 Qualifying Requirement for bidders: In addition to the requirements stipulated under Section, Instruction to Bidders (ITB), the following shall also apply: Technical: a) Technical qualification : i) The bidder, as a prime contractor, must have successfully erected, tested and commissioned on supply cum erection basis at least one 132 KV or higher KV Class sub-station(either AIS or GIS) under Turnkey contract in India including complete design and engineering (both electrical and civil), having at least 6(six) nos. circuit breaker terminal bays (out of which at least one no. must be a power transformer bay) during last 10(ten) years from the date of NIT and which must be in successful operation for not less than 2(two) years as on date of NIT. b) Equipment Qualification : i) The bidder should own or should have assured access to the manufacturing facilities for supplying of 132 KV and above class major equipment e.g. Transformer, Circuit Breakers, Surge Arrestors, CVTs, C&R Panels, Isolators, PLCC terminals, Wave Trap and 33 KV Indoor Switchgear panel. The bidder shall supply 132 KV and above KV class GIS equipment from any national/internationally reputed manufacturer against which minimum 3(three) nos. complete GIS bays comprising of one no. underground cable circuit for feeder bay, one no. underground cable circuit for transformer bay and one no. Bus Coupler bay have already been installed and commissioned in India under Turn Key Contracts during last 10(ten) years from the date of NIT and the said GIS equipments bays are under satisfactory operation for not less than 1(one) year as on date of NIT (to be supported by authenticated documents).

ii)

iii)

The bidder may or may not be the manufacturer of 132 KV and above voltage class Indoor GIS switchgear/modules. In case, the bidder is not the manufacturer, they must obtain authorization from the manufacturer of GIS equipment meeting the criteria (ii) above provided they furnish legally enforceable undertaking jointly with the GIS manufacturer to guarantee quality, timely supply, performance, service support, availability of spares during lifecycle of the offered equipments and defect liability obligations as specified in the relevant technical specification and General Condition of Contract. The same is also applicable if bidders parent company (principals) is the supplier of GIS equipment.

iv)

v)

All equipment including GIS equipment offered for this package shall be type tested. Copies of type test reports identical to the offered equipment including GIS equipment, as per details given in technical specifications, shall be attached with the bid document. The bidder should submit history of past supply, clients certificate in support of satisfactory operation of 132 KV or above KV class substation meeting the criteria as mentioned in a (i) and 132 KV or above KV class GIS equipments meeting the criteria as mentioned in a (ii) above.

Supporting documents in favour of all the above mentioned requirement shall have to be submitted by the Bidder under Envelope: 1 of the Bid. Failure to furnish any or all information as required as a part of Bid document in every respect will be at the Bidders risk and may result in rejection of the Bid.

c) Personnel Capability i) The bidder must have full-fledged set up for executing similar turnkey projects. Details of execution set up to be deployed by the bidder shall be furnished in their offer. Project Management team shall be headed by a Project Manager (Engineering Graduate) with at least 10(ten) years experience in execution of such contract of comparable nature. He shall be stationed at work site. However, installation, testing and commissioning of GIS equipments shall be done under direct supervision of the original GIS equipment manufacturer.

Financial i) In order to qualify for this package, the bidder must be having Financial Net Worth at the end of last financial year not less than Rs6.0 Crore(Rupees Six Crore only). ii) Average Annual Turnover during last three financial years shall not be less than Rs25.0 Crore (Rupees Twenty Five Crore only).

7.0 WBSETCL reserves the right to accept or reject any bid partly or fully or cancel the bidding without assigning any reasons thereof and in such case no bidder/ intending bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action.

8.0 Address for Communication : The Chief Engineer,Procurement Department,10th. Floor,B Block, Vidyut Bhaban,Block-DJ,Sector-II,Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091 WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED FAX : 91-33-2359-1894 TELEPHONE : 91-33-2359-1956 E-mail : ceprocurement_wbsetcl@rediffmail.com Website : www.wbsetcl.in

Chief Engineer (Procurement) WBSETCL

DETAILED NOTICE INVITING TENDER WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED (A Govt of West Bengal Enterprise) CHIEF ENGINEER (PROCUREMENT), VIDYUT BHAVAN NOTICE INVITING TENDERS For

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 132/33 KV GIS SUBSTATION AT Khejuria, District-Malda. (Package- 13)

[Domestic Competitive Bidding]

9.0 West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited herein referred to as WBSETCL invites sealed bids through Domestic Competitive Bidding(DCB) from eligible bidders for design, engineering, civil construction, supply & delivery (Power Transformers to be supplied by WBSETCL), erection, testing and commissioning including transportation & insurance, storage in respect of Khejuria 132 KV GIS and their associated works as defined in the bid document on Turn-key Basis against NIT No. CE (Procurement)/WBSETCL/TransProject/Sub-Stn./Package12 (Kuli) & Package 13 (Khejuria)/2012-13/01 Dated 09.04.2012 as per the scope of work mentioned hereinafter.

10.0

SCOPE OF WORK The brief scope of work is as under: The work covered under this scope is for construction of Gas Insulated 132/33 KV (132 KV Indoor type GIS & 33 KV Indoor type switchgear) substation at Khejuria, District:Malda alongwith PLCC works at Khejuria substation and its linking substation at Malda 132/33 Substation in the District of Malda and Raghunathgunj 132/33 KV substation, Dhulian 132/33 KV Substation and M/s Ambuja Bulk Power Premises in the District of Murshidabad on Turn-Key basis. This also includes the following but not limited to: Preparation of Sub-station layout, detailed engineering, supply & delivery of all Sub-stations structures including equipment structures, GIS equipments and associated outdoor equipments conforming to technical specification and as per Schedule , civil foundations, Integrated GIS buildings, utility buildings/quarters etc as applicable as furnished in the Bid document and other civil works etc along with erection, testing and commissioning of substation in all respects including Power Line Carrier Communication through 132 KV lines.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information on the bidding documents from the Office of the Chief Engineer(Procurement) , WBSETCL at the address given below:Vidyut Bhavan, 10th. Floor B Block, Salt Lake, Block DJ Sector II, Kolkata-91. 2.1 Schedule of Work and Completion period: Sl Package Name of Sub Station Brief Scope of works Status of Completi No n Subon o station period 1 13 Khejuria 132/33 KV i) 4 Nos 132 KV GIS New GIS Substation Feeder bays
ii) 2 nos. 132KV GIS Bays for 31.5 MVA, 132/33 KV Transformer. iii) 1 no. 132KV GIS Bus Coupler Bay with Main bus PTs. iv) 33 KV Indoor draw out type SF6 switchgear assembly complete comprising of 8 nos outgoing Feeder bays , 2 nos Incoming Transformer bays , 1 no Bus Coupler Bay and 1 no Bus sectionalizing bay including 2 set of Bus PTs. v) 2 nos 315 KVA 33/0.4 KV Station Service Transformer (Indoor Dry Type). vi) 2 nos 100 KVA, 33/0.4 KV Earthing Transformer (Indoor dry type)

16 months from the date of LOA

The above scope shall also include supply, delivery, erection, testing and commissioning of PLCC works at linking substation viz Malda, Dhulian and Ragunathganj. 11.0 WBSETCL intends to finance this package through Loan/Bond.

12.0 Detailed Specification , scope of work and conditions are given in the bidding documents, which are available for sale at the address given below as per the following schedule : Bidding document No : CE(Procurement)/WBSETCL/Trans. Project/Sub-Stn/Package 13 (Khejuria) / 2012-13/01 Dtd 09/04/12 From 09.04.2012 to 20.04.2012(except holidays Monday to Friday) From 11-00 AM.to3-00 PM 27.04.4.2012 by 3.00 P.M.

Document sale date & time

Last Date of Submission of Clarifications/Queries for PreBid meeting Pre-bid meeting Bid receipt date & time Bid opening date & time Cost of bidding document

: : :

10.05.2012 at 2.30 PM. Up to 30.05.2012 by 2-00 PM 30.05.2012 at 3-00 PM. Rs5000/-[Rupees Five Thousand only].

A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by any interested bidder on submission of a written application along with credentials and payment (non-refundable) of the cost of the bidding documents as mentioned above in the form of a Demand Draft/Pay Order/Bankers Cheque drawn in favour of WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED from any scheduled bank payable at Kolkata. Issuance of bidding documents shall not automatically construe that the bidder fulfils the Qualifying Requirements which shall be determined during bid evaluation based on data/documents submitted by the bidder 13.0 All bids must be accompanied by bid security for an amount of Rs 65 Lakh [Rupees Sixty Five Lakh only] in the form of Demand Draft /Pay order /bankers Cheque/ Bank Guarantee and shall remain valid for a period of 240 days from the date of opening of Bids with a claim period of another 90 days thereafter. Bids not accompanied with an acceptable bid security as specified in bidding documents, in a separate cover or bids accompanied with bid security of inadequate value shall be rejected by the WBSETCL and in such cases bids shall be returned to the bidders unopened

14.0 Qualifying Requirement for bidders: In addition to the requirements stipulated under Section, Instruction to Bidders (ITB), the following shall also apply: Technical: d) Technical qualification : ii) The bidder, as a prime contractor, must have successfully erected, tested and commissioned on supply cum erection basis at least one 132 KV or higher KV Class sub-station(either AIS or GIS) under Turnkey contract in India including complete design and engineering (both electrical and civil), having at least 6(six) nos. circuit breaker terminal bays (out of which at least one no. must be a power transformer bay) during last 10(ten) years from the date of NIT and which must be in successful operation for not less than 2(two) years as on date of NIT. e) Equipment Qualification : vi) The bidder should own or should have assured access to the manufacturing facilities for supplying of 132 KV and above class major equipment e.g. Transformer, Circuit Breakers, Surge Arrestors, CVTs, C&R Panels, Isolators, PLCC terminals, Wave Trap and 33 KV Indoor Switchgear panel. The bidder shall supply 132 KV and above KV class GIS equipment from any national/internationally reputed manufacturer against which minimum 3(three) nos. complete GIS bays comprising of one no. underground cable circuit for feeder bay, one no. underground cable circuit for transformer bay and one no. Bus Coupler bay have already been installed and commissioned in India under Turn Key Contracts during last 10(ten) years from the date of NIT and the said GIS equipments bays are under satisfactory operation for not less than 1(one) year as on date of NIT (to be supported by authenticated documents).

vii)

viii)

The bidder may or may not be the manufacturer of 132 KV and above voltage class Indoor GIS switchgear/modules. In case, the bidder is not the manufacturer, they must obtain authorization from the manufacturer of GIS equipment meeting the criteria (ii) above provided they furnish legally enforceable undertaking jointly with the GIS manufacturer to guarantee quality, timely supply, performance, service support, availability of spares during lifecycle of the offered equipments and defect liability obligations as specified in the relevant technical specification and General Condition of Contract. The same is also applicable if bidders parent company (principals) is the supplier of GIS equipment.

ix)

x)

All equipment including GIS equipment offered for this package shall be type tested. Copies of type test reports identical to the offered equipment including GIS equipment, as per details given in technical specifications, shall be attached with the bid document. The bidder should submit history of past supply, clients certificate in support of satisfactory operation of 132 KV or above KV class substation meeting the criteria as mentioned in a (i) and 132 KV or above KV class GIS equipments meeting the criteria as mentioned in a (ii) above.

Supporting documents in favour of all the above mentioned requirement shall have to be submitted by the Bidder under Envelope: 1 of the Bid. Failure to furnish any or all information as required as a part of Bid document in every respect will be at the Bidders risk and may result in rejection of the Bid.

f) Personnel Capability ii) The bidder must have full-fledged set up for executing similar turnkey projects. Details of execution set up to be deployed by the bidder shall be furnished in their offer. Project Management team shall be headed by a Project Manager (Engineering Graduate) with at least 10(ten) years experience in execution of such contract of comparable nature. He shall be stationed at work site. However, installation, testing and commissioning of GIS equipments shall be done under direct supervision of the original GIS equipment manufacturer.

Financial iii) In order to qualify for this package, the bidder must be having Financial Net Worth at the end of last financial year not less than Rs 6.0 Crore(Rupees Six Crore only). iv) Average Annual Turnover during last three financial years shall not be less than Rs28.0 Crore (Rupees Twenty Eight Crore only).

15.0 WBSETCL reserves the right to accept or reject any bid partly or fully or cancel the bidding without assigning any reasons thereof and in such case no bidder/ intending bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action.

16.0 Address for Communication : The Chief Engineer,Procurement Department,10th. Floor,B Block, Vidyut Bhaban,Block-DJ,Sector-II,Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091 WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED FAX : 91-33-2359-1894 TELEPHONE : 91-33-2359-1956 E-mail : ceprocurement_wbsetcl@rediffmail.com Website : www.wbsetcl.in

Chief Engineer (Procurement) WBSETCL