RUMSL Floats Consultancy Tender for 950MW Solar+Battery Park in MP

Rewa Ultra Mega Solar (RUMSL), a joint venture of the Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) and Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam (MPUVNL), has invited bids from consultants for transaction advisory services for a 950 MW ground-mounted solar PV park with battery energy storage solution (BESS) at Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

The deadline for bid submission is October 28, 2021, and the amount of bid security to be paid is Rs. 5,00,000. The duration of the consultancy contract is 12 months, said RUMSL.

The scope of work includes technical design related to the park infrastructure and design commercial and regulatory aspects, project documents like power purchase agreement (PPA), and implementation of agreements. The consultancy contract will last 12 months.

Some of the eligibility qualifications for successful applicants are as follows:

• The applicant can be a single bidding company, partnership firm, or limited liability partnership (LLP) firm, an association of up to three companies, or partnership firms or LLP firms in any combination in the form of a consortium or a sub-consultancy arrangement.
• The bidding entity or each member of the bidding association should be a registered company. The association of entities must nominate a lead entity solely responsible for submitting the proposal.
• The minimum average annual turnover should not be less than Rs. 1 billion in consultancy businesses from its Indian operation in the last three consecutive financial years.
• The applicant must have a positive net worth in the last three financial years.
• The applicant must have more than ten years of experience in energy or power advisory consultation, as well as transaction and bid process management support for large power sector projects, including large solar projects, solar rooftop projects, floating solar projects executed by central or state utility or the energy department, or state or central nodal agency. For consortiums, any one member must meet this criterion.
• The applicant must have at least two completed or ongoing assignments related to BESS or pumped energy storage globally in the last five years.