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: C-46201-L179-1 SCHEDULE-8C
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INSULTOR PACKAGE-C FOR 400 kV D/C TRANSMISSION LINES ASSOCIATED
WITH EAST – WEST TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR STRENGTHENING SCHEME
(Qualifying Requirement Data)

Date ____________
Specification/ICB No.:- _____________

Name of Bidder _____________________

In accordance with clause 4 of Section-III (Evaluation and Qualification Criteria), we are

furnishing the following details/documents in support of the Qualifying Requirement
for the subject Package.

* We have submitted bid as individual firm.

* We have submitted bid as joint venture of following firms:

(* Strike off which ever is not applicable)

(i) ..................................................................................................
(ii) ..................................................................................................
(iii) ..................................................................................................

[For details regarding Qualification Requirements of a Joint Venture, please refer para
8.0 below.]

In accordance with the Qualifying Requirements specified in the Evaluation and

Qualification Criteria of Part – 1 (also reproduced herein below wherever necessary),
we are furnishing the following details/document in support of Qualifying
requirement for Insulator Package C for 400kV D/C Transmission Lines associated
with East – West Transmission Corridor Strengthening Scheme.

1.0 Attached copies of original documents defining:

A) The constitution or legal status;

B) The principal place of business;
C) The place of incorporation (for bidders who are corporations); or the place
of registration and the nationality of the Owners (for applicants who are
partnerships or individually-owned firms).
D) Written power of attorney of the signatory of the Bid to commit the
bidder.

2.0 Attached copies of original agreements.**

A) Signatured so as to legally bind all partners, jointly & severally; and
B) Submitted with a joint venture agreement providing the joint and several
liability of all partners in the event the Contract is awarded to us.

[** To be submitted only in case of Joint Ventures. Strike off in case of individual firms.]
3.0 Attached copies of original letter of authority to seek reference from our banks.

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4.0 General Information

All individual firms and each Partner of a Joint Venture bidding for the package
are requested to complete the information in this form. Nationality information
to be provided for all owners or Bidders who are partnerships or individually
owned firms.

Where the Bidder proposes to use named subcontractors for critical components
of the works or for work contents in excess of 10 percent of the bid price, the
following information should also be supplied for the specialist subcontractor(s).

Sl. Particulars For Individual In case of Joint Venture

No. Firm
For Lead For Other For Other
Partner Partner - 1 Partner - 2

1. Name of the Firm

2. Head Office/
Registered Office
Address

3. Telephone

4. Fax

5. Contact Person

6. Place of
Incorporation/
Registration

7. Year of Incorporation
/ Registration

8. Nationality of

Owner (i)

Owner (ii)

Owner (iii)

5.0 Technical Experience (Reference para 4.1.1 of Qualification Criteria, Section-

III)

5.1 (a) The bidder shall be a manufacturer of Insulators of similar nature for the
last five years. The bidder’s experience should include the following:

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(i) The bidder should have designed, manufactured, tested and
supplied 120kN & 160kN or above electro-mechanical strength of
disc insulators / long rod insulators for 110/132 kV or above
voltage transmission line of quantities not less than 50,000 nos. disc
insulators / 6520 nos. long rod insulators of each rating and the
same should have been in satisfactory operation for a minimum
period of two years as on date of bid opening. Further, the
manufacturer should also have successfully completed at least the
following tests on insulator units and insulator strings (of Standard
disc insulators / long rod insulators as the case may be) as on date
of bid opening.
(a) Tests on individual units,
(b) Following Type tests on insulator strings assembly for
345/400KV or above voltage transmission lines with 120kN &
160kN or above electro-mechanical strength of insulators
1. Power Frequency voltage withstand test (Wet)
2. Switching surge voltage withstand test (Wet)
3. Lightning impulse voltage withstand test (Dry)
4. RIV test (Dry)
(b) To be qualified for award of each package, Bidder shall provide evidence
satisfactory to the Purchaser of their capability and adequacy of resources
to carry out the contract effectively.  In case of bid by authorised
representative in addition to himself, the above shall apply to its
manufacturers also.
(c) However, if the bidder is not meeting the above requirements of its own,
he should be a qualified Licensee of a qualified manufacturer meeting the
above specified requirements and should also meet the following
conditions:
i) Manufacturer/Licensee shall have adequate design infrastructure
and manufacturing facility and capacity and procedures including
quality control.
ii) A qualified Licensee of a qualified manufacturer shall comply with
all of the following requirements:
a) Any design undertaken by the Licensee shall be approved
by the Licenser.

b) Manufacturing by the Licensee shall be done with the

approval of the Licenser and Purchaser under a quality
assurance programme approved and monitored by the
Licenser.

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c) Licensee must furnish back-up guarantee from the licenser
for individual and overall performance of all materials
supplied under the contract.
d) Licenser must guarantee sequential and timely supply of
materials and submission of technical information and data
as desired by the Purchaser so as to meet the overall
construction schedule and
e) The agreement between Licensee and Licenser (copy to be
submitted along with the bid) shall be valid for a period of at
least five (5) years after the guarantee period of equipment
and materials under supply is over.

5.2 On a separate page, using the following format, each Bidder (individual firms or
partners of a joint venture) is requested to list the contracts of a nature similar to
the proposed contract(s) for which the Bidder wishes to qualify, undertaken
during the last five (05) years. The information is to be summarised for each such
contract separately. (In case of Joint Venture bidder, the information/details
pertaining to each partner of the joint venture are to be furnished).

(The bidder shall attach documentary evidence, such as copies of utility

certificates etc., in support of its general experience as listed in the following
proforma for each experience/ Contract just below it)

Format A: Format for the bidders who wish to qualify through route 5.1(a) or (b):
Name of the Bidder (Single Firm (as per 5.1
(a) or (b) above) / Qualified Manufacturer of
a Authorised representative / Qualified
Manufacturer (Licenser)/ Name of Partner of
a Joint Venture)
1. No. of years the bidder is a
manufacturer of Insulators of similar Last ___________ years.
nature

2. Name of Contract
3. Contract Reference No. &
Date of Award
4. Name and Address of the
Purchaser/Utility for whom the
Contract was executed by
bidder/Partner
e-mail ID ____________________
Telephone No. ____________________
Fax No. ____________________

5. Scope of work involved in the supply of

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120kN / 160KN or above electro- Manufacture □
mechanical strength of disc insulators /
long rod insulators for 110/132kV or above □ Testing
voltage transmission line under the above □ Supply
Contract - for the above Contract for Insulator.

Type of Insulator supplied in the above Disc Insulator or Long Rod Insulator
Contract
(Tick only whichever is/are applicable)
5.1 Voltage level and Type of transmission a) Voltage level: __________ kV.
line in which the above insulators were
supplied b) Type of Transmission Line: AC or DC
5.2 Quantities of Disc Insulator / Long Rod ___________ Nos.
Insulator supplied of each rating
Rating:______ kN
5.3 No. of years the above insulators are in ___________ years
satisfactory operation as on the date of
bid opening
6. Whether the manufacturer has
successfully completed at least
following tests on insulator units and
insulator strings (of Standard disc
insulators / long rod insulators as the
case may be) as on date of bid opening:

(a) Tests on individual units, □ Yes □ No

(b) Following Type tests on insulator
strings assembly for 345/400KV or
above voltage transmission lines
with 120kN & 160kN or above
electro-mechanical strength of
insulators
1. Power Frequency voltage □ Yes □ No
withstand test (Wet)
2. Switching surge voltage □ Yes □ No
withstand test (Wet)
3. Lightning impulse voltage □ Yes □ No
withstand test (Dry)
4. RIV test (Dry) □ Yes □ No
7. Details of documents submitted in
support of stated experience/Contract/
design, infrastructure and manufactur-
ing facilities and capacity and
procedures including quality control

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Format B: Format for the bidders (Manufacturers) who wish to qualify
through route 5.1(c):

Name of Licensee of a qualified manufacturer

1. Whether the Manufacturer/Licensee has adequate □ Yes
design infrastructure and manufacturing facility and
capacity and procedures including quality control. □ No

2. Whether Licensee of a qualified manufacturer

complies with all of the following requirements:

3. a) Whether any design undertaken by the

Licensee shall be approved by the Licenser. □Yes □ No

b) Whether Manufacturing by the Licensee shall

be done with the approval of the Licenser and
Owner under a quality assurance programme □Yes □ No
approved and monitored by the Licenser.

c) Whether Licensee will furnish back-up

guarantee from the licenser for individual and
overall performance of all materials supplied
under the contract. □Yes □ No

d) Whether Licenser guarantees sequential and

timely supply of materials and submission of
technical information and data as desired by
the Owner so as to meet the overall □Yes □ No
construction schedule and

e) Whether copy of agreement between Licensee

and Licenser is submitted along with the bid □Yes □ No

f) No. of years, after the guarantee period of

equipment and materials under supply is over, __________ Years.
the agreement between Licensee and Licenser
is valid.
g) Whether Joint Undertaking by the Licensor □Yes □ No
along with the Licensee (bidder) is submitted
along with the bid
4. Details of documents submitted in support of stated
experience / Contract / design, infrastructure and
manufacturing facilities and capacity and procedures
including quality control

(Use separate sheet for each experience/ Contract)

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6.0 Financial requirement

6.1 (Reference para 1.2 of Qualification Criteria, Section-III)

a) Minimum Average Annual Turnover (MAAT) for best three years out of
last five financial years of the bidder should be US$ 8.55 million or Rs.
395.64 million or equivalent for Package-C.

b) Bidder shall have liquid assets (L.A) or/and evidence of access to or

availability of credit facilities of not less than US$ 1.24 million or Rs.
52.75 million or equivalent for Package-C.

In case bidder is a holding company, MAAT & LA referred to in clause 6.1(a) &
(b) above shall be of that holding company only (i.e excluding its subsidiary/
group companies). In case bidder is a subsidiary of a holding company, MAAT &
LA referred to in clause 6.1(a) & (b) above shall be of that subsidiary company
only (i.e. excluding its holding company).

(c) In case of a bid submitted by an authorized representative of a qualified

manufacturer, the requirements stipulated at Clause 6.1(a) & (b) above
shall be individually met by the bidder himself and the qualified
manufacturer.
 
(d) In case of a Bid submitted by an Authorized Representative of a joint
venture of qualified manufacturer(s), the requirements stipulated at
Clause 6.1(a) & (b) above shall be met by the bidder in addition to Joint
venture of manufacturers meeting requirements stipulated at Clause 8.0
below.

[Further, for joint venture bidders, the requirement to be met is stipulated under para
4.1.3 of QR.]

7.0 In support of its ‘Financial Position’, in line with the above, the Bidder (Individual firm
or all the JV partners in case of JV bidder) must provide the relevant information,
alongwith documentary evidence, in the following formats A & B:

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Name of the Bidder [Single Firm / Lead

Partner of a JV / Partner of a JV
/Authorized representative]

A. Annual Turnover details:

Sl. Financial year
No. Annual turnover in Rs. Million
1
2
3
4
5
Average annual turnover for best
three years is:

B. Liquid Assets
Details of evidence of having Liquid
assets (LA) ___________________

Or

Details of evidence of access to or ___________________

availability of credit facilities

8.0 Joint Venture (JV) Firms (Reference para 4.1.3 of Qualification Criteria, Section-
III)

(a) In case a bid is submitted by a Joint Venture (JV) of two or more firms as
partners, all the partners of Joint Venture shall meet individually the
qualification requirements set forth in para 5.1 and collectively the
requirement of para 6.1 above, the average annual turnover and liquid
assets/credit facilities for each of the partners of the JV shall be added
together to determine the JV’s compliance with the minimum qualifying
criteria set out in Para 6.1 above. However, for a JV to be qualified, the
partner(s) of JV must also meet the following minimum criteria:

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i) The lead partner shall meet, not less than 40% of the minimum
criteria given at Para 6.1 above.

ii) Each of the other partner(s) shall meet, not less than 25% of the
minimum criteria given at Para 6.1 above.

(b) In case of Joint Venture, the following conditions shall also apply:

(i) the bid, and in case of successful bid, the Form of Agreement shall be
signed so as to be legally binding on all partners as per the
proforma enclosed.

(ii) one of the partners shall be nominated as Lead Partner, and the Lead
Partner shall be authorized to incur liabilities and receive
instructions for and on behalf of any and all partners of the Joint
Venture, and the entire execution of the Contract shall be done with
the Lead Partner and payment under the Contract shall be received
by the Lead Partner on behalf of the Joint Venture as per power
conferred to him in the Power of Attorney. The authorization shall
be evidenced by submitting a Power of Attorney signed by legally
authorized signatory of all the partners as per Performa enclosed in
the bidding documents. The payment under the contract can also
be received by other partner(s) based on authorization of Lead
Partner.

(iii) all partners of the Joint Venture shall be liable jointly and severally
for the execution of the Contract in accordance with the Contract
terms, and a statement to this effect shall be included in the
authorization mentioned under (ii) above as well as in the Bid
Form and in the Contract Form (in case of a successful bid).

(iv)Agreement entered into by the Joint Venture partners shall be

submitted with the bid bringing out the scope of work to be performed
by individual partners.

8.1 In accordance with the above, in case of JV bidders, it should be ensured that
necessary details including those pertaining to each JV partner are furnished and
the documents are submitted along with the bid. Further, the JV bidders should
also ensure that other requirements are complied with. The list of documents
furnished is to be indicated below:

i) ………………………..
ii) ………………………..
iii) ………………………..
iv) ………………………..
v) ………………………..

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9.0 (Reference para 4.2.2 of Qualification Criteria, Section-III)

9.1 The Bidder shall also furnish following documents/details with its bid:

i) A certificate from banker (as per format) indicating various fund based/non fund
based limits sanctioned to the bidder and the extent of utilization as on date.  Such
certificate should have been issued not earlier than three months prior to the date
of bid opening. Wherever necessary, POWERGRID may make queries with the
Bidders’ bankers.

ii) The complete annual reports together with Audited statement of accounts of the
company for last five years of its own (separate) immediately preceding the date of
submission of bid.

[Note: I. In the event the bidder is not able to furnish the information of its own (i.e.
separate), being a subsidiary company and its accounts are being
consolidated with its group/holding/ parent company, the bidder should
submit the audited balance sheets, income statements, other information
pertaining to it only (not of its group/Holding/Parent Company) duly
certified by any one of the authority [(i) Statutory Auditor of the bidder /(ii)
Company Secretary of the bidder or  (iii) A certified Public Accountant]
certifying that such information/ documents are based on the audited
accounts as the case may be.

II. Similarly, if the bidder happens to be a Group/Holding/Parent Company, the

bidder should submit the above documents/information of its own (i.e.
exclusive of its subsidiaries) duly certified by any one of the authority
mentioned in Note-I above certifying that these information/documents are
based on the audited accounts, as the case may be.

9.2 The Bidder should accordingly also provide the following information/
documents (In case of JV bidders, information should be provided separately for
all the Partners of JV in the given format):

(A) (i) Details of Banker:

Name of Banker
Address of Banker _____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________

Telephone No. _____________________

Contact Name and ____________________________________
Title
Fax No. _____________________

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E-mail ID _____________________

(ii) As per para 9.1, Authorization Letter(s) from the bidder (in case of JV bidder,
from all the partners) addressed to the Banker(s), authorizing POWERGRID to
seek queries about the bidder with the Banker(s) and advising the Banker(s) to
reply the same promptly, is/are enclosed as per following details:

Sl. No. Letter Ref. Date Addressed to

(name of the Bank)

(B) As per requirement at para 9.1 above, audited balance sheet and income
statements for the last five years as per the following (In case of JV bidders, to be
provided separately for all the Partners of JV):

Years preceding to the bid Audited Balance Sheet and Income

opening Statements enclosed
1st Year ○ Yes ○ No
2nd Year ○ Yes ○ No
3rd Year ○ Yes ○ No
4th Year ○ Yes ○ No
5th Year ○ Yes ○ No

9.3 In accordance with 9.1, certificate(s) from banker as per requisite format,
indicating various fund based/non fund based limits sanctioned to the bidder or
each member of the joint venture and the extent of utilization as on date is/are
enclosed, as per the following details:

Name of the Bidder/partner of Joint Venture

Name of the Banker by whom certificate issued

Date of certificate (should not be earlier than 3 months

prior to date of bid opening)

Whether fund based/non fund based limits are

indicated in the certificate

Whether extent of utilization is indicated in the

certificate

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10.0 Litigation History (Reference para 4.2.3 of Qualification Criteria, Section-III)

10.1 The bidder should provide detailed information on any litigation or arbitration arising
out of contracts completed or under execution by it over the last five years. A consistent
history of awards involving litigation against the Bidder or any partner of JV may result
in rejection of Bid.

10.2 Details of litigation history resulting from Contracts completed or under

execution by the bidder over the last five years

Year Name of client, cause of Details of Award for Disputed

litigation/arbitration Contract and or against amount
and matter in dispute date the bidder

11.0  Government-owned enterprises in the Borrower’s country may only participate

on their own or as members of a joint venture if they are legally and financially
autonomous, operate under commercial law, and are not dependant agencies of
the Borrower or Sub-Borrower (Reference para 4.2.4 of Qualification Criteria,
Section-III)                                
 
(If the bidder is a Majority publicly-owned enterprise domiciled in India, they
must demonstrate that they meet the above mentioned criteria and they must
produce documentary evidence in support of the same)

12.0 OTHER INFORMATION

12.1 Bidder shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Purchaser of their capability
and adequacy of resources to carry out the Contract effectively. Accordingly,
bids shall include the following information:-

(a) Copies of original documents defining the constitution or legal status,

place of registration and principal place of business; written power of
attorney of the signatory of the bid to commit the bidder;

(b) Performance as Supplier for the supply of materials of similar nature

over the last five years and details of other work in hand and contractual
commitments;
(c) Description of the plant for carrying out the work;

(d) Proposal for subcontracting elements of the supply of materials

amounting to more than 10% of the Bid Price for each element;

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(e) Proposal of manufacturing methods & schedule, in sufficient detail to
demonstrate the adequacy of the bidder's proposals to meet the technical
specification and the completion referred to in the bidding documents.

[In case of a bid submitted by Joint Venture (JV), all the information listed in sub
clause 12.1 (a) to (c) above shall be furnished for each of the JV partners.]

12.2 Manufacturing Capabilities

a) Name of the Manufacturer 2. Address of Manufacturer

………………………………
………………………………
………………………………
………………………………
b) Manufacturing Capacity

c) Qty. manufactured in the last five years

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

12.3 Equipment Capabilities

The Bidders shall provide adequate information to demonstrate clearly that it

has the manufacturing capability to execute the subject package. A separate
form shall be prepared for each item of equipment proposed to be utilized for
manufacturing of the equipment material.

Item of Equipment

Equipment 1. Name of the 2. Model and power rating

Information manufacturer

3. Installed Capacity 4. Capacity per shift

5. No. of shifts per day 6. Year of Manufacturing/Date

of commissioning

Source 7. Indicate source of the equipment

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Owned Rented Leased Specially manufactured

12.4 Details of Year wise Current Commitments of works in progress

Bidders (individual firms or each partners of JV) should provide information on
their current commitments on all contracts that have been awarded, or for which
a letter of intent or acceptance has been received, or for contracts approaching
completion, but for which an unqualified, full completion certificate has yet to be
issued.
Details of Value of outstanding work * Estimated completion date
Contract

12.4 Financial Data*:

Actual Projection for next

five years
(previous five years)
1. Total Assets
2. Current Assets
3. Total Liability
4. Current Liability
5. Profit before taxes
6. Profit after taxes

* Indicate the rate of exchange used in calculations.

Name
In the capacity of
Signed

Duly authorized to sign the Bid for and on behalf of

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Date ____________________________
Place ___________________________

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