ITI Issues EoI EV Charging Infrastructure Operations Centre 

ITI Ltd., on behalf of MSEDCL, has invited bids for the implementation of Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Operation Centre.

The Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Ltd., on behalf of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), invited bids from eligible bidders for the tender for the implementation of Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Operation Centre.

The brief scope of work for selected bidders will include the supply, customisation, installation, deployment and maintenance of the necessary software and other systems for proposed electrical vehicle charging infrastructure operation centre to facilitate monitoring, data logging and data analysis of charging stations across Maharashtra. The developers will also be required to provide comprehensive operations and maintenance of the system for the period of 5 years from the date of acceptance.

The scope of work will be further extended to supply, installation, commissioning of standard EV Charging Infrastructure OC solution on the MSEDCL cloud, inclusive of required databases, map services and allied tools such as charting tools etc. for 50 EV Charging Units (with scalability up to 500 no. of EV charging units) for 5 years.

The last date for bid submission is June 8, 2019, and the technical bids will be opened on the same date. All bidders must submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 2 lakh along with their bids as bid security.

To be eligible, the bidder should have experience in implementation of an EV Charging infrastructure operation centre managing at least 10 charging stations, in India or abroad from the FY 2012-13 and onwards up to the last date of tender submission.

Financially, the bidder should have an average annual financial turnover of at least Rs 10 crore for the FY years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. And, must also have a positive net worth and should be profit making in each of the last three financial years as on bid submission date.

In March, ITI had issued a similar EoI for the implementation of Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Operation Centre. The terms and provision of the EoI were identical to the latest EoI issued by the corporation.