Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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NTPC Floats Tender for 50 MW of Solar Projects in Jharkhand

The last date for the submission of bids is March 30, 2020

The NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), has invited bids for 50 MW (AC) of grid-connected solar PV projects at Panchet in Jharkhand.

The scope of work includes the design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of 50 MW of solar PV projects on approximately 290 acres of land at Panchet in the state of Jharkhand. It also includes the operation and maintenance of the solar PV project infrastructure for 25 years.

The last date for the submission of bids is March 30, 2020, and the last date for the receipt of queries of clarification from prospective bidders is March 21, 2020.

Interested bidders will have to submit an amount of ₹25 million (~$337,646) as the bid security amount before the date and time for online bid submission.

To take part in the bidding process, the bidder should have an electrical contractor’s license from any state or union territory of India and should submit an undertaking along with the techno-commercial bid.

Regarding the financial criteria, the average turnover of the bidder should not be less than ₹2 billion (~$27.01 million) during the preceding three years as on the last date of the submission of bids.

To participate in the offering procedure, the bidder ought to have an electrical temporary worker's permit from any state or association region of India and ought to present an endeavor alongside the techno-business offer. 

Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy  designated NTPC as the renewable energy implementing agency to facilitate the application of connectivity and long-term access in the inter-state transmission system network. The agency can act as a facilitator for those projects which are based on standalone storage sources of installed capacity of 50 MW or above.


In November last year, NVVN had floated a tender for 7.2 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Mandideep area, around 25 km from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh’s capital city.

(Source: Assorted with NTPC on 18th March 2020)

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