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Loan No. 2152-IND: Power Grid Transmission (Sector) Project
Invitation for Bids
Date: 5 October 2005
Loan No. : 2152 -IND: Power Grid Transmission (Sector) Project
Contracts: ICB No. C-52714-S919A-7
Deadline for Bids: 20 December 2005
The Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., (POWERGRID) India has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Power Grid Transmission (Sector) Project, and it is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for which this Invitation for Bids is issued.
POWERGRID, the Purchaser, now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders from member countries of ADB for the following:
ICB No. C-52714-S919A-7 : Substation Package
The Substation Package involves:
Design, engineering, manufacture, supply on FOR destination site basis including transportation and insurance, storage, erection, testing and commissioning of 400/220kV Cochin East (New) (Muvattupuzha) and Extensions of Udumalpet, Cochin East (Muvattupuzha) North Trichur and Trivendrum Substation associated with Grid Strengthening for Tamilnadu-I and Kerala-I & II.
(Details and specification are given in the Bidding Document).
International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single Stage: One-Envelope Bidding Procedure and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries.
A Pre-Bid conference for the Substation Package will be held at the office of the Purchaser at Gurgaon (Haryana), India on 21 November 2005.
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information on the Bid from, and inspect the Bidding Document at the address mentioned below.
To purchase the Bidding Document in English, eligible bidders should:
- write to address below from 15.00 to 17.00 hrs (IST) on all working days from 7 October 2005 to 19 December 2005
- pay a nonrefundable fee of Rs.10,000.0 or US$200 payable by crossed bank draft in favor of 'Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.', payable at New Delhi or Gurgaon.
The document will be sent by air mail/courier services/in person for overseas delivery or surface mail/courier/in person for local delivery. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.
Bidders must deliver their bids:
- to the address below
- on or before 11:00 hrs (IST) on 20 December
2005
- together with a Bid Security of US$ 575,000.0 or equivalent amount in Indian Rupees or another freely convertible currency in favor of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
Bids will be opened immediately thereafter at 11:30 hours (IST) in the presence of bidders' representatives who chose to attend. Late Bids shall be rejected.
Alternative Bids shall not be permitted.
POWERGRID will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of Bids.
In the comparison of Bids, ADB's Domestic Preference Scheme will be applied in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the Bidding Document.
The detailed Qualifying Requirements (QR) are given in the Bidding Document of the subject packages. The complete Bidding Document including tender drawings are available at our website www.powergridindia.com . Interested bidders can download the Bidding Document and commence preparation of bids to gain time. However, they will be required to purchase the Bidding Document from POWERGRID, (for submission of the bid), which will be duly authenticated. In case of any discrepancy between the documents downloaded by the prospective bidder and the authenticated Bidding Document (hard copy) issued by POWERGRID official, the latter shall prevail.
Chief Manager (CS-NR-I)
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
'Saudamini', 3rd Floor, Plot No.- 2,
Sector-29, Gurgaon (Haryana), 122001, India
Tel. No. 0091-(0) 124-2571700 to 719
Extn. 2341/2356/ 2364
Fax No. 0091-(0) 124-2571831
Website: http://www.powergridindia.com
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