Notice inviting bids

by

LUXOR ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED,

Sanali Estate, 2nd Floor, 5-9-225, Chiragali Lane,

Abids, Hyderabad,

Andhra Pradesh - 500001

India

For

COMPLETE PLANT PACKAGE OF

2X 660 MW COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PROJECT

ON EPC BASIS

Telephone No. : +91-040 – 23203969

Fax No. : +91-040 – 23322674

Date:

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 M/s Luxor Energy Private Limited (LEPL) is being promoted by M/s “Sanali Group” of Hyderabad is inviting Bids, for Complete Plant Package on EPC basis for their “2x660MW Coal Based Ultra supercritical / Supercritical Thermal Power Plant”, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.

1.2 Sealed bids in six copies (1 original + 6 copies+1CD) are invited in the prescribed bid forms and proforma, for the Scope of Work described in the Bidding Documents. The details of the bid are given below:

a) Bid No : 3110231–GE–SPC–700–001, 002, 003 & 004

b) Description of the Package : The scope includes the basic and detailed design, engineering, manufacture, procurement, shop testing , marine insurance, supply of the plant, supply of spare parts, supply of tools& tackles, ocean and inland transportation to site, handling at Port, project management, unloading, storage, stores management, site fabrication if any, inter-site loading and unloading, insurance cover upto time of handing over, erection works (including Civil works), installation, site testing, training of Owner’s personnel, Tests on Completion and Tests after Completion and till Owner’s Taking Over of the Complete Plant Package on EPC basis including warranty/availability Guarantee during “Defects Notification Period” for 2x660 MW Project. The scope shall be as detailed in the Bid Document.

c) Time for Completion : Bidder to propose subjected to a limit of 42 months for first unit and 46 months for second unit.

d) Bid Fee : The bid fee is non-refundable; the same shall be remitted in the form of Demand Draft.

i) Demand Draft drawn in

favour of : Luxor Energy Private Limited.,

Payable at Hyderabad, India.

- Foreign bidder : US $ : 5000

- Indian bidder : Indian Rupees : 2, 50,000

e) Bid Sale opening date

and time : 12-12-2011 at 10 00 Hrs. IST at Fichtner office, Bangalore, India

f) Bid Sale closing date and time : 02-01-2012 at 16 00 Hrs. IST.

[On all working days only]

g) Last date & time for receipt of

Query / clarification for bid

Conference : 09-01-2012, 14.00 Hrs. IST

h) Pre –Bid conference Venue

and date : 17-01-2012 at

FICHTNER Consulting Engineers (India) PVT Ltd, 301, ‘INDRAPRASTA EQUINOX’

3rd Floor, No. 23, 100 ft. Inner Ring Road,

(Opp. Lifestyle Oasis Mall, Near Sony World Signal),

Koramangala, Bangalore-560095, India.

OR

At a place in Hyderabad / Bangalore as declared at appropriate time

i) Last date and time for : 20.02.2012 at 10.00 Hrs. IST.

Submission of Bids/

(Both Un-priced & Priced)

Bid submission to : M.V.BALACHANDRA

PROJECT MANAGER

FICHTNER Consulting Engineers (India) PVT Ltd, 301, ‘INDRAPRASTA EQUINOX’

3rd Floor, No. 23, 100 ft. Inner Ring Road,

(Opp. Lifestyle Oasis Mall, Near Sony World Signal),

Koramangala, Bangalore-560095, India.

j) Bid Opening date and time

1)  Un priced Techno-commercial

Bid : 20.02.2012 at 14.00 Hrs. IST.

2) Price Bid : To be intimated later, after evaluation and short listing of acceptable Un-priced techno-contractual Bids

k) Bid Security Bank Guarantee

(To be submitted with un-priced

Techno -contractual Bid)

1) Foreign bidder : US $ 7.85 million

2) Indian bidder : INR ` 35, 31, 00,000

l) Bid Security validity up to : Two hundred forty days (240) from the actual date of opening of Un-priced techno-contractual bid.

m) Bid validity up to : One Hundred and Eighty (180) days from the date of opening of Un-priced techno-contractual bid.

n) Defects Notification Period

Unit 1 : Eighteen (18) months from COD

Unit 2 : Eighteen (18) months from COD

o) Latent Defect Notification

Period : 60 months from the date of expiry of Defects notification period.

p) Performance Security : Successful Bidder shall submit Performance Security within 28 Days of the Signing of the Contract Agreement as per proforma given at Annexure-4 of Instruction to Bidders, Section-1 of Volume-I of Bid Documents.

1) Amount : 10 % of the Contract Price.

2) Validity : Shall be valid up to Issue of Performance Certificate by the Owner for the second unit plus sixty (60) days.

q) Correspondence :

LUXOR

Name Mr. Noor Haq,

CEO

Address : LUXOR ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED,

Sanali Estate, 2nd Floor, 5-9-225, Chirag Ali Lane,

Abids, Hyderabad,

Andhra Pradesh – 500001

Telephone No. : +91-040 – 23203969

Fax No. : +91-40 – 23322674

E-mail ID :

FICHTNER India

Name : Mr. M.V.Balachandra,

Project Manager,

Address : FICHTNER Consulting Engineers (India) PVT Ltd, 301, ‘INDRAPRASTA EQUINOX’

3rd Floor, No. 23, 100 ft. Inner Ring Road,

(Opp. Lifestyle Oasis Mall, Near Sony World Signal),

koramangala, Bangalore-560095, India.

E-mail:

Telephone Nos. 91-80-4016 3666(B) /

91-80-4016 3651 (D),

Fax No. 91-80-4016-3660

www.fichtner.co.in

2.0 ORGANISATION OF THE BID DOCUMENTS

This Bid Documents consist of following separate parts along with amendments issued if any:

i)  Notice Inviting Bids

ii) Volume – I : Commercial Specification

Section / Description /
1 / Instructions to Bidders (ITB)
2 / Conditions of Contract for EPC/Turnkey Projects by FIDIC
3 / Special Conditions of Contract (SCC)
4 / General Technical Conditions of Contract.
5 / Erection Conditions of Contract

iii) Volume – II : Technical Specification

Section / Description
PART I - BTG
PART A
1 / General Technical Specification
2 / Detailed Technical Specification – Mechanical
3 / Detailed Technical Specification – Electrical
4 / Detailed Technical Specification – Control & Instrumentation
5 / Detailed Technical Specification – Civil
6 / Specific Design Data
7 / List of Bid Drawings
PART B
8 / Technical Data Sheets & Schedules to be furnished with the bid
9 / Price Schedule
10 / Quality Assurance Plan
11 / Mandatory Spares List
PART II - BOP
PART A
1 / General Technical Specification
2 / Detailed Technical Specification – Mechanical
PART B
3 / Detailed Technical Specification – Electrical
4 / Detailed Technical Specification – Control & Instrumentation
5 / Detailed Technical Specification – Civil
PART C
6 / Specific Design Data
7 / List of Bid Drawings
8 / Technical Data Sheets & Schedules to be furnished with the bid
9 / Price Schedule
10 / Quality Assurance Plan
11 / Mandatory Spares List
PART III – TOTAL EPC (Including BTG and BOP)
1 / Scope, Terminal point and exclusions

3.0  BENEFITS /EXEMPTIONS FOR MEGA POWER PROJECT

The project will be eligible for “Mega Power Project” status as provided by the Ministry of Power of the Government of India and owner is in the process of obtaining the necessary approval from the Government of India. “Mega Power Project” status will enable the project to get various fiscal benefits. Accordingly, supplies of goods for this package will be eligible for benefits/exemptions as per provision of relevant notifications of the Govt. of India.

4.0  BIDDERS QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Refer Annexure –5 of Volume I section 1 for Qualification Requirements for Bidders

5.0 PRE-BID CONFERENCE

5.1 Pre-bid conference will be held at FICHTNER Consulting Engineers (India) PVT Ltd, 301, ‘INDRAPRASTA EQUINOX’, 3rd Floor, No. 23, 100 ft. Inner Ring Road, (Opp. Lifestyle Oasis Mall, Near Sony World Signal), Koramangala, Bangalore-560095, India. OR at a place in Hyderabad / Bangalore as declared at appropriate time, for the purpose of clarification, if any on technical and commercial issues relating to the Bid Documents. The Bidder is requested to submit any query/ clarification on Bid Documents in writing as per the format Annexure-6 of the “Instruction to Bidders”, Section -1 of Volume-I to reach Fichtner- India for the purpose of discussion in pre-bid conference. No further queries/ clarification on bidding documents shall be entertained/ accepted by Bid Inviter / Fichtner thereafter.

5.2 Bidders are advised to depute their authorized representative to attend Pre-Bid Conference to take decisions across the table.

5.3 Any modification to the Bid Documents listed in Clause 2.0 above, which may become necessary as a result of the Pre-Bid Conference, shall be made by the Owner exclusively through the issuance of an amendment to the Bid Documents and not through the minutes of the Pre-Bid Conference/revised Bid document.

5.4 Non attendance at the Pre-Bid Conference will not be a cause for disqualification of a Bidder.

5.5 Issuance of this Bid Document does not construe that the bidder has been short-listed or qualified, neither, it is an assurance that the bidding process will not be terminated in the mid way.

5.6 If, the Bid Documents are required to be sent by courier an additional amount of INR

`10,000.00 FOR COURIER CHARGES in India or US$ 1000.00 for courier charges outside India has to be sent well in advance in addition to the cost of bid documents. However, OWNER will not take any responsibility for loss or delay, if any, in the transmission of the document sent by courier. Bidders are advised to collect the Bid Documents from

Name of the Bid Inviter : Mr. Noor Haq, CEO

Address of the Bid Inviter : LUXOR ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED,

Sanali Estate, 2nd Floor, 5-9-225,

Chiragali Lane,

Abids, Hyderabad,

Andhra Pradesh - 500001

E-mail:

Telephone No. : +91-040 – 23203331

Fax No. : +91-040 – 23322674

Yours faithfully

Mr.Noor Haq

CEO