SELECTION OF EPC CONTRACTOR FOR 1.2 MW (AC) / 1.62 MWp (DC) GROUND-MOUNTED, GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR PV PLANT WITH A 300 KW GREEN HYDROGEN PLANT, DESIGN, FABRICATION, SUPPLY, INSTALLATION, TESTING, COMMISSIONING, AND OPERATION & MAINTENANCE FOR 10 YEARS, ALONG WITH POWER EVACUATION SETUP WITHIN KPCL BELLARY PREMISES

a)Tenderer should have satisfactorily completed at least 80 percentage of the amount put to tender, in the last Five (5) years an industrial project either as Developer or as EPC contractor in the area of Power/Solar Power/Steel/Oil/Gas/Petro chemicals/ Fertilizer/Hydrogen/cement/coal mining including coal handling plant/Rail/Ports/ Bridges / Any other Industrial projects. b) Tenderer can be either EPC contractor or Green Hydrogen system manufacturer or Channel partner of Green Hydrogen system manufacturer or collectively by consortium as per conditions set forth below. c) Solar QR: Tenderer should have Satisfactorily designed, engineering, Constructed, Completed & Commissioned atleast one work of 1.3 MWac ground mounted grid connected solar PV project on Total turnkey (Including supply of modules, inverters and Transformer) or Partial Turnkey basis (Without supply of modules, inverters and Transformer) and complete erection testing and commissioning of whole system in the last Five(5) years preceding the Date of Bid submission and shall be in satisfactory service for a minimum period of One(1) year prior to date of submission of the Bid. (The documentary proof of fulfilling the qualifying requirements shall be uploaded. The bidder shall upload the P.O, LOI/LOA, DWA,Work done certificates, Performance Certificates issued by the end users not below the rank of Executive/Divisional Engineer along with the bid)

d) Hydrogen QR: d1) In case Bidder is a manufacturer or a channel partner of the manufacturer of Water Electrolyser technology (Alkaline Water Electrolyser (AWE) or Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) or Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) or Alkaline Membrane Solid Electrolyser (AMSE) or Solid Oxide Electrolyser (SOE) technology). 1) He should be a manufacturer of Electrolyser by Indigenised technologies in the PLI scheme issued by the Government of India under the SIGHT Initiative, AND 2) The Manufacturer should have commissioned electrolysers cumulative capacity of 240 KW of at least one technologies (AWE, PEM, AEM or SOEC) in the past 5 years in India and plant should be operational for 1 year prior to the original bid closing date, OR d2) If bidder is an EPC Contractor having past experience of successfully completed Industrial project(s) as EPC in the field of Green Hydrogen Generation Plant of cumulative capacity of 240 KW during last Five (5) years and the project should be operational for 1 year prior to the original bid closing date. (The documentary proof of fulfilling the qualifying requirements shall be uploaded . The bidder shall upload the P.O, LOI/LOA, DWA,Work done certificates, Performance Certificates issued by the end users not below the rank of Executive/Divisional Engineer along with the bid.)

Tenderers who meet the above specified minimum qualifying criteria, will only be qualified, if their available tender capacity is more than the total tender value (refer 3.1.5 bid of document). (The statements showing the value of existing commitments and on-going works as well as the stipulated period of completion remaining for each of the works listed should be self declared and shall be uploaded duly supported by Work order/LOA/Contract agreement/DWA/LOI. A self-declaration is to be uploaded by the Tenderer / Lead Bidder & Consortium partner (in case of Consortium) stating that the information with regard to assessed available tender capacity (Works on Hand) furnished are correct.

The Bidder may be a single business entity (Single Business Entity) or a group of entities (the Consortium), coming together to implement the Project. (refer 2.1.2 of 2.1B)

Tenderer in its name should have Achieved in atleast two financial years in the last five years i.e. FY 2019-2020 to 2023-2024 a minimum financial turnover of Rs.26.16 Crores and Bidder should have positive Net worth. Audited Financial statements ie., Balance sheets, P&L statements for the last 5 years, Turnover certificates duly certified by a Chartered Accountant as evidence shall be uploaded of Lead Bidder & Consortium partner (in case of Consortium)

Liquid Assets and/or availability of credit facilities of not less than Rs 1 Crores (Credit lines/ Letter of credit/ certificates from banks for meeting the fund requirement etc).

Litigation: The Tenderer and consortium partners (In case of Consortium) shall provide detailed information on any litigation or arbitration arising out of contracts completed or under execution by it over the last five years with Government utilities. A history of awards involving litigations against the bidder or any party or Consortium partner may result in rejection of bid.

The Tenderer/bidder and consortium partners should not have been Blacklisted/disqualified for non-performance in any of the Government utilities in the past five years as on date of Bid opening. Then in such cases, the offer of the bidder will be summarily rejected.

A certificate/self declaration/ undertaking for having read the clauses specified in Annexure- XII & Annexure-XIII are to be uploaded by the bidder and Consortium Partners with respect to Restriction on Land Border Sharing shall be uploaded. (refer 2.1 A (d))