ONGC Tenders for 5 MW Solar System at its Hazira Plant

ONGC has issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible bidders for the installation of a 5 MW solar energy power plant at its Hazira Plant.

State-owned enterprise, The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible bidders for the installation of a 5 MW solar energy power plant at its Hazira Plant.

The scope of work for the selected bidders will include the design, engineering, supply, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of the solar plant on a Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) basis. The project developers will have a period of 12 months from the date of placement of Notification of Award (NOA) to complete the construction work on the project The developers will also be required to provide comprehensive operation and maintenance services for the plant for a period of 7 years. The O&M period shall commence immediately after the successful operational acceptance test (OAT) of the project.

The last date for bid submission is February 11, 2019, and the techno-commercial bids will be opened on the same date. A pre-bid meeting has been scheduled for January 20, 2019, to address the concerns raised by the prospective bidders. All bidders must submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 35.93 lakh along with their bids.

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In November, the state-owned enterprise had issued a tender for the development of a 15 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at the firms’ Vagra site in Bharuch District of Gujarat.

In August, ONGC had invited bids for the deployment of a 2 MW grid-interactive floating solar PV power project on the water reservoirs inside ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL) complex. The scope of work for the selected bidders will include the design, detailed engineering, testing, installation, supply, and commissioning of the floating solar plant on a Lump Sum Turn Key (LSTK) basis.

In 2018, Vikram Solar had commissioned a 10 MW solar power plant at ONGC’s Dhaej, Gandhar and Hazira plant in Gujarat. The solar plant has been built to meet the Renewable Power obligation (RPO) of ONGC for the Gujarat region and is intended for its captive power usage. Further, the plant is segregated into eight blocks of 1.25 MW each for better management and increasing efficiency.

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