NTPC Tenders for 650 kW Rooftop Solar System in Chattisgarh

NTPC Limited has issued a tender for setting up rooftop solar plants worth 650 kW at the plant buildings and the Urja Bhavan at NTPC Sipat in Chattisgarh.

NTPC Limited has issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible contractors for setting up rooftop solar power plants worth 650 kW at the plant buildings and the Urja Bhavan (administrative building) at NTPC Sipat in Chattisgarh.

The scope of the work for the selected bidders will include the design, engineering, obtaining of the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from Discoms for grid-connectivity (if required), manufacture, supply, construction, erection, associated civil works including fixing on rooftops, testing and commissioning works, PG test for the solar rooftop system at NTPC Sipat. The commissioning of the project means connecting and synchronising the complete 650 kWp system to the 415V LT grid.

The selected bidders will have a period of 180 days or 6 months to complete the work on the project after which they will be required to provide comprehensive operation and maintenance services for the rooftop system for a period of 3 years.

The last date of bid submission is February 26, 2019, and the techno-commercial bids will be opened on February 28, 2019. All bidders must also submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 5 lakh along with their bids.

To be eligible for participating in the bidding process, the bidder should have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection and commissioned/supervised commissioning of solar PV based grid-connected power plant of at least one plant of 100 kWp or above and cumulative capacity of 500 kWp or above. And the reference plant of 100 kWp or above capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six months as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

Financially, the bidders should have an average annual turnover, in the preceding three financial years as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening, not be less than Rs 2.81 crore.

In January, the PSU had issued a tender for the supply and erection of an 870 kW rooftop solar PV power plant at the firm’s TG Hall at NTPC Vindhyachal St-II.

Prior to that, the firm had issued a tender for the installation of rooftop solar projects at two of its locations worth a combined generational capacity of 550 kW. The first project, a 500 kW rooftop system will be installed at the TSTPS in Kaniha and the second, a 50 kW system will be installed in TTPS in Talcher.

PC: Orb Energy