NTPC Seeks Bids to Procure Transformers for Gadarwara-I Project

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources India (Delhi, India)--India's state-owned power producer NTPC Limited (BSE:532555) (New Delhi) is scouting for a vendor to supply Extra High Voltage (EHV) and High Voltage (HV) transformers 1,600-megawatt (MW) Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project, Stage I. 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 the design, engineering, manufacture, testing at works, short circuit testing, handing, transportation and storage at site along with erection and commissioning of various Transformers along with necessary tools and tackles and supply of mandatory spares.

To qualify for this package as per the pre-conditions laid down by NTPC for this contract, a bidder should have manufactured and supplied at least two 132 kilovolt (kV) or above class transformers of minimum 110 megavolt-ampere (MVA) capacity which should have been in successful operation for at least two years prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening. Further, Bidder should have its own facilities for conducting all routine and type tests.

In terms of financial standards, the average annual turnover of the bidder in the preceding three financial years should not be less than $1.3 million, with net worth not less than 25% of the paid-up share capital. The bid documents for the package will be available for sale until August 2, 2013. The last date of submission of bids for this package is August 29, 2013. The power project is entitled to "deemed export benefits" on the purchase of goods and equipment, under the mega-power policy of the government of India.

The project will meet its coal requirement from Talaipalli coal block, which is located in the North Karanpura Coalfield area. The water requirement for the proposed power plant has been estimated at 4,675 cubic meters per hour, which will be sourced from the Narmada River through a 30-kilomter long pipeline.

The 3,200-MW Gadarwara project has been proposed to be developed in two stages, comprising two 800-MW units each, over 805 hectares of land spread across the Gangai, Umaraiya, Mehrakheda, Chorbarheta, Dongergaon and Kudari villages in the Gadarwara region, in the Narsinghpur district of the state of Madhya Pradesh.

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