Tamil Nadu Tenders for Servers & Hardware for RE Generators

Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation has issued a tender, for the commissioning of servers, hardware and AMR network accessories for RE generators.

The Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation has issued a tender, for the commissioning of servers, hardware and AMR network accessories for wind farms, co-gen, solar and other renewable energy (RE) generators.

The Scope of the work includes manufacture, testing, packing, forwarding, delivery and installation of items as per Despatch instruction. And, the items ordered should be supplied as per Despatch instruction within 45 days from the date of receipt of a purchase order by the supplier.

The submission of bids will begin from December 5, 2019, and the last date for bid submission of bids is December 18, 2019, and the techno-commercial bids will be opened on the next date i.e December 19, 2019. A pre-bid meeting has been scheduled for November 30, 2019, to address the concerns raised by the prospective bidders. All bidders must submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 3 lakh along with their bids.

To be eligible for participating in the tender, the annual turnover of the bidding company must be more than Rs 25 crore during any one of the previous three financial years (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19). And, the bidder should have executed a single order value for the supply of servers, PCs and printers of at least Rs 3 crore to any of the PSU / State Government during the last ten years on the date of tender opening.

As per the provisions of the tender, the entire materials shall be guaranteed for satisfactory operation, free of defects for a period of five years from the date of commissioning of equipment in good condition at the site. The warranty certificate from OEM shall also be furnished. Any defects noticed during this period shall be rectified free of cost to the state transmission corporation within 48 hours from the time of intimation of defect/failure.

Recently, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had approved a USD 451 million loan to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai–Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu, India.