NTPC Scouts for Cooling Tower Contractors

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources India (Delhi, India)--India's state-owned power producer, NTPC Limited (BSE:532555) (New Delhi, India), is scouting for a contractor to construct Cooling Towers at its 1,600-megawatt (MW) Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project, Stage I. The 3,200-MW Gadarwara project has been proposed to be developed in two stages, each comprising two 800-MW units, situated on about 805 hectares of land in the Gadarwara region of Madhya Pradesh. NTPC has floated a global tender for this purpose. The power major intends to finance this tower-package through both external commercial borrowings and the company's internal resources.

According to NTPC, the scope for the contract will involve design, engineering, manufacture, inspection, packing, transportation to site, testing and commissioning including successful completion of trial operation and performance-guarantee testing of two splash type fill cooling towers of 86,000 cubic-meter per hour capacity each, along with the supply of manually operated butterfly valves, pipes, hot water distribution systems, fills and drift eliminator. The contractor will also be responsible for execution of all associated civil, structural, electrical and control and instrumentation work.

As per the pre-conditions laid down by NTPC for this contract, to qualify for this package, a bidder should have designed, constructed and commissioned at least one splash type Induced, Forced or Natural Draught Cooling Towers in Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) Construction that has a capacity that is not less than 13,000 cubic meter per hour. The tower should have been in successful operation for at least one year prior to the date of Techno-Commercial bid opening for the offered package.

In terms of financial standards, the average annual turnover of the bidder in the preceding three financial years should not be less than $8 million, and net worth should not be less than 25% of the paid-up share capital. The bid documents will be available for sale until July 12, 2013. The last date of submission of bids for this package is August 12, 2013.

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