NTPC Tenders for 1100 kWp Solar Power Plant in Jharkhand

NTPC Ltd has issued a tender for setting up of 1100 kWp grid-connected solar PV power plant at North Karanpura in the state of Jharkhand.

NTPC Ltd has issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible firms for setting up of 1100 kWp grid-connected solar PV power plant at North Karanpura in the state of Jharkhand.

The scope of work for the selected developers will include the development i.e design, engineering, supply, transportation, erection, testing, and commissioning of the solar power plant, for which the developers will have a period of 6 months (from the date of handing over of the site ) to complete the work. Post commissioning, the developers will have to provide comprehensive operation and maintenance services for the plant for a period of 1 year.

The last date for bid submission is July 29, 2020, and the techno-commercial bids will be opened on the next day i.e. July 30, 2020. The date and time of opening of the price bids will be informed later to the technically cleared bidders. All bidders are required to submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 5 lakh along with their bids.

To be eligible for participating in the bidding process, the bidders must have designed, supplied, erected/ supervised erection, commissioned/ supervised commissioning and done O&M of solar-based grid plant of at least one plant of 100 kWp or above and cumulative capacity of 880 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 average annual turnover of the Bidder, in the preceding three consecutive financial years as on the date of techno-commercial bid opening, should not be less than Rs 4.34 crore. And the net worth of the Bidder should not be less than 100 percent of its paid-up share capital as on the last day of the preceding financial year.

Under the proven-ness criteria, the bidders should meet the following requirements:

• They should have manufactured and supplied the solar PV modules of cumulative installed capacity of 1 MWp or above using any rating of modules and any source of indigenous or imported PV cells in any one financial year.

• The bidder should have manufactured and supplied solar PV modules built up using indigenous and/or imported PV cells of power rating 240 Wp or above which must have been in successful operation for at least six months as on date of Techno commercial bid opening.