NCRTC Tender Update: M/s KAHO bags contract for installation, operation & maintenance of Roof Top Solar PV project for 25 years in Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor

National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd. (NCRTC) has issued a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) to M/s KAHO for Design, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and comprehensive operation & maintenance of Roof Top Solar PV project and associated support structure works on RESCO model for a period of 25 years in Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor of NCRTC.

  • Tender Reference Number: DM/EL/COR-OF/190
  • Name of Work: Design, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and comprehensive operation & maintenance of RoofTop Solar PV project and associated support structure works on RESCO model for a period of 25 years in Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor of NCRTC.
  • Accepted Contract Amount: Unit Rate of INR 4.41/KWh

In November 2022, the NCRTC invited a tender for Tender Number: DM/EL/COR-OF/190

Source of Funds:

  • The required funds have been sourced by the Employer, unless the funding agency is specified in the BDS, in such cases ITB 2.2 will be applicable.
  • The Borrower or Recipient (hereinafter called “Borrower”) indicated in the BDS has applied for or received financing (hereinafter called “funds”) from the Funding Agency toward the cost of the project named in the BDS.
  • The Borrower intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract(s) for which this Bidding Document is issued.
  • Payments by the Funding Agency will be made only at the request of the Borrower and upon approval by Funding Agency in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement between the Borrower and Funding Agency (hereinafter called “Financing Agreement”), and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of that Financing Agreement.
  • No party other than the Borrower shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the funds.

Eligibility:

  • A Bidder may be a natural person, private entity, or government owned enterprise subject to ITB 4.5—or any combination of them with a formal intent to enter into an agreement or under an existing agreement in the form of a Joint Venture (JV). Incorporation of JV is not mandatory.
  • Throughout this bidding document, including under Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, and Section 4, the expressions “Joint Venture” or “JV” means a joint venture, association, consortium or other unincorporated grouping of two or more persons/Entities, whether in the form of a partnership or otherwise.
  • Similarly, in the context of Joint Venture, throughout the bidding document, the word “leader”, as stipulated under the General Conditions of Contract, is synonymous with the word “Representative” and with the words “lead partner” and with “Lead Partner”; the word “member” is synonymous with the word “partner” and with “Partner”; and the word “members” is synonymous with “partners” and with “Partners”.
  • In case of Single Entity (An entity that cannot be further differentiated into units with their own legal identities):
  • Submit Power of Attorney (As per Form ELI-4) authorising the signatory of the bid to commit the bidder.
  • Bidders shall also furnish Form ELI-1, ELI-2 and documents required therein with their technical submission.

In the case of a Joint Venture:

  • Lead Partner must have majority share participation in the JV and no JV partner shall have less than 26% shares or as specified in BDS in JV. In case of JV, change in constitution or percentage participation shall not be permitted at any stage after the bid submission otherwise the bidder shall be treated as non-responsive.
  • All partners shall be jointly and severally liable; and
  • The Joint Venture shall nominate a Representative who shall have the authority to conduct all business for and on behalf of any and all the parties of the Joint Venture during the bidding process and, in the event the Joint Venture is awarded the Contract, during contract execution.
  • Submit Form ELI-3 and Form ELI-2, ELI-5, ELI-6 given in Section 4: Bidding Forms, with their technical bid submission.
  • Submit Power of Attorney by individual partners to the Lead Partner as per the form given in Section 4.
  • In case a Joint Venture is the successful bidder, the detailed Joint Venture Agreement as per format stipulated in Section 9, Contract Forms shall be entered by the Joint Venture partners. The duly signed detailed Joint Venture Agreement shall be submitted to the Employer within 28 days of notification of award along with the Performance Security.

Construction Experience:

  • The bidder shall have completed, within the last Ten years ending last day of the month previous to the month of bid submission end date of the following:
  • Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Grid connected Solar PV Project of at least 1.2 MWp (Total Capacity) under RESCO/CAPEX Model.
  • And the same plant has provision of comprehensive operation and maintenance which is under successful operation for at least the last 01 year ending on the last day of the month previous to the month of bid submission.
  • The bidder shall have completed, within the last Ten years ending last day of the month previous to the month of bid submission end date of the following:
  • Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Roof Top Grid connected Solar PV Project of at least 300 KWp (Total Capacity) under RESCO/CAPEX Model.
  • And the same plant has provision of comprehensive operation and maintenance which is under successful operation for at least the last 01 years ending on the last day of the month previous to the month of bid Submission.

About Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor:

  • The Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor is approximately 82 km long corridor with 25 stations, which will cover the distance from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut in about 60 minutes (Currently, it takes around 3 hours to commute from Delhi to Meerut).
  • The total project completion cost of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor is about INR 30274 Crore.
  • RRTS is a rail based high-speed transit system with a design speed of 180 kmph and an average speed of 100 kmph.
  • Once operational, it will be the fastest, most comfortable and safest mode of commuter transport in NCR.

About NCRTC:

  • National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is a Joint Venture of Government of India and State Governments of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh and is mandated for designing, developing, implementing, financing, operating and maintaining Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) projects in the National Capital Region (NCR) to provide comfortable and fast transit to NCR towns and meet the high growth in transport demand.

Source: NCRTC- Tender Update | Image Credit (representational): NCRTC