Jhabua Power Ltd. - Avantha Group

1 Corporate Office: Thapar House, 124, Janpath, New Delhi 110 001, India. Tel: +91-11-23368906 Fax: +91-11-23368729 Jhabua Power Ltd. 2nd Floor, Centrum plaza, Golf Course Road, Sector- 53, Gurgaon-122002 Ph.: +91-124-4392000 Fax: +91-124-4376496 NOTICE INVITING BIDS BY Jhabua Power LIMITED (JPL) 2nd Floor, Centrum Plaza, Golf Course Road, Sector 53, Gurgaon, Haryana 122 002. India For MAIN PLANT (BTG) PACKAGE OF 2X 600 MW COAL BASED THERMAL Power PROJECT Telephone No. : +91-124-4392000 Fax No. : +91-124-4376496 TO : Date: Dear Sirs, INTRODUCTION Jhabua Power Limited (JPL) a Group company of Avantha Power & Infrastructure Limited (APIL) is inviting Bids, for Main plant Package (BTG) for their 2x600MW JPL Seoni Project , Madhya Pradesh, India. These Bid Documents are prepared considering 2x600 MW subcritical units.

2 However bidders can offer their nearest standard proven units in the range of (600 +20 %) MW, Subcritical /Supercritical. 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 : 3400830002 ME SPC 100 001 Rev 0 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 Corporate Office: Thapar House, 124, Janpath, New Delhi 110 001, India. Tel: +91-11-23368906 Fax: +91-11-23368729 management, unloading, storage, stores management, site fabrication if any, inter-site loading and unloading, erection works (excluding 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 Main Plant (BTG) Package including warranty/availability Guarantee during Defects Notification Period for 2x600 MW JPL-Seoni Project.

3 The scope shall be as detailed in the Bid specification. 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 : Jhabua Power Limited., Payable at Gurgaon., India. - Foreign bidder : US $ : 4500 - Indian bidder : Indian Rupees : 2,25,000 e) Bid Sale opening date and time : 08-06-2009 at 10 00 Hrs. IST at JPL office, Gurgaon, India f) Bid Sale closing date and time : 18-06-2009 at 16 00 Hrs. IST. [On all working days only] g) Last date & time for receipt of query / clarification for bid conference : 02-07-2009, Hrs. IST h) Pre Bid conference Venue and date : On 09-07-2009 at Avantha Power & Infrastructure Limited 2nd Floor, Centrum Plaza, Golf Course Road,Sector 53, Gurgaon, Haryana 122 002 OR At a place in Gurgaon as declared at appropriate time i) Last date and time for : at Hrs.

4 IST. submission of Bids/ (both Unpriced & Priced) Bid submission to : Avantha Power & Infrastructure Limited (APIL), 2nd Floor, Centrum Plaza, Golf Course Road, Sector 53, Gurgaon,Haryana 122 002. Corporate Office: Thapar House, 124, Janpath, New Delhi 110 001, India. Tel: +91-11-23368906 Fax: +91-11-23368729 j) Bid Opening date and time 1) Un priced Techno-commercial Bid : at Hrs. IST. 2) Price Bid : To be intimated later, after evaluation and short listing of acceptable Unpriced techno-contractual Bids k) Bid Security Bank Guarantee (To be submitted with un priced Techno -contractual Bid) 1) Foreign bidder : US $ million 2) Indian bidder : INR 22,50, 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.

5 N) Defects Notification Period Unit 1 : Eighteen (18) months Unit 2 : Eighteen (18) months o) 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. p) Correspondence JPL Name Mr. Mahanand Jha, Corporate Office: Thapar House, 124, Janpath, New Delhi 110 001, India. Tel: +91-11-23368906 Fax: +91-11-23368729 Head, Projects Address : Avantha Power & Infrastructure Limited (APIL), 2nd Floor, Centrum Plaza, Golf Course Road, Sector 53, Gurgaon,Haryana 122 002.

6 Telephone No. : +91-124-4392000 Fax No. : +91-124-4376496 E-mail ID : FICHTNER India Name : Mr. , Deputy-General Manager, Address : FICHTNER Consulting Engineers (India) PVT Ltd, #731,7th cross, 3rd block Koramangala Bangalore-560034, India. E-mail: Telephone Nos. 91-80-4016 3666(B) / 91-80-4016 3608 (D), Fax No. 91-80-2550 3239 Corporate Office: Thapar House, 124, Janpath, New Delhi 110 001, India. Tel: +91-11-23368906 Fax: +91-11-23368729 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) iii) Volume II.

7 Technical Specification Section Description 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 8 Technical Data Sheets & Schedules to be furnished with the bid 9 Price Schedule 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.

8 Of India. Corporate Office: Thapar House, 124, Janpath, New Delhi 110 001, India. Tel: +91-11-23368906 Fax: +91-11-23368729 BIDDERS QUALIFICATION requirements The Bidder should also meet any one of the Qualifying Criteria stipulated hereunder: I EXPERIENCE CRITERIA The Bidder should meet the experience requirements stipulated hereunder in clauses or or as the case may be: Experience Criteria 1 Bidder shall be either a Steam Generator manufacturer or Steam Turbine manufacturer meeting the requirements as below. a) If Bidder is a Steam Generator manufacturer, he should have designed, manufactured, supplied, erected, tested and commissioned at least two (2) Steam Generator of unit capacity of 500 MW or higher, and of at least 80% rating of the offered Steam Generator which are in successful operation for a period of at least two (2) years, as on the Bid Submission Date.

9 B) If Bidder is a Steam Turbine manufacturer, he should have designed, manufactured, supplied, erected, tested and commissioned at least two (2) Steam Turbine of unit capacity of 500 MW or higher, and of at least 80% rating of the offered Steam Turbine which are in successful operation for a period of at least two (2) years, as on the Bid Submission Date. If the bidder is a manufacturer of Steam Generator only and not the Steam Turbine, then he shall furnish along with the bid an undertaking as per the format (Attachment-VI of Annexure-5 of ITB, Section-1, Volume-I of Bid Documents) jointly executed by him and the manufacturer of Steam Turbine (which he proposes to supply), who on his own fully meets the requirement of the above Clause (b). If the bidder is a manufacturer of Steam Turbine only and not the Steam Generator, then he shall furnish along with the bid an undertaking as per the format (Attachment-VII of Annexure-5 of ITB, Section-1, Volume-I of Bid Documents) jointly executed by him and the manufacturer of Steam Generator (which he proposes to supply), who on his own fully meets the requirement of the Clause (a).

10 In case of the Steam Generator manufacturer or Steam Turbine manufacturer is not fulfilling criteria in (a) and/or (b) he can offer the respective matching equipment in association with technical collaboration and a valid licensing agreement with an authorization to manufacture from a manufacturer who on his own fully meets the requirement of the above Clause (a) and/or (b) respectively. In the event the Bidder shall, together with his Bid, furnish a deed of joint undertaking in the form prescribed in the proforma enclosed in the Attachment- VIII and IX of this annexure, jointly executed by Bidder and the Qualifying Steam Generator and Steam Turbine manufacturer pursuant to which Bidder and the Qualifying Steam Generator and Steam Turbine manufacturer are jointly and severally liable to OWNER for the successful performance of the Steam Generator and/or Steam Turbine offered by Bidder pursuant to its Bid and their integral auxiliaries.