REIL Tenders 3.6 MWp Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Projects In Madhya Pradesh

Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) has floated a tender of 3.6 MWp Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Projects in Mandideep, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). The Solar PV modules & Inverters for the same will be supplied by REIL at the site. There are around 55 sites having capacity ranging from less than 10 kW to more than 500 kW. 

The scope of work includes Design, Engineering, Supply, Construction, Erection, Testing, Commissioning.successful bidder should also provide Operation & Maintenance of the project for 10 years.

The bids must also be accompanied by Earnest Money Deposit of Rs. 13.50 Lacs and the Bank Guarantee should be issued by any scheduled bank which should be valid for 180 days. The Minimum Average Annual Turnover (MAAT) of the bidder in the last three financial years should be INR 10 Crores. The Net worth of the Bidder should be minimum INR One 1 Crore and shall not be less than 100% of the Bidder‟s paid-up share capital as on the last day of the preceding financial year.

The last date for submission of Bid is on 24.03.2020 at 15:00 and the Opening of the technical Bid is on 25.03.2020 at 15:00 hrs. The Opening of Commercial Bid to be informed later to bidders successful in the technical bid.

To participate in this bid, the Bidder should be a body incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 1956 or 2013 including any amendment thereto, Government-owned Enterprises barring Government Department and barring those firms with whom business is banned by the Employer. 

The Bidder should have experience of successfully commissioned grid connected Roof Top Solar Photovoltaic (RTS PV) Power Project of cumulative installed capacity of 02 MWp or higher, out of which at least one plant should have been of 75 kWp or higher capacity at a single location for at least continuous six (6) months during the period of last 5 years.

The document also clarified that the projects awarded would not include energy storage with rooftop solar projects. However, if Procurer desires to have such an arrangement, it would need to pay separately for the battery storage, and the associated change in design and civil and electrical works. 

Recently,REIL has floated a bid for setting up a solar PV based power plant with capacities ranging from 500kWp to 2 MWp or more at various locations/ substations of MSEDCL in the state of Maharashtra.The project would be developed in two parts. Part I includes Site Surveys, submission of drawings for approval, Minutes of Meet, project design document and Part II includes Implementation of small solar power plants including O&M for 25 years.The last date for submission of Bid is 27.03.2020.

On 9th March, REIL invited sealed bids, from interested bidders for rate contract of 100kWp to 500kWp under grid-interactive rooftop solar power plant of MNRE phase-II and the solar power policy of the state of Uttarakhand in various places of the state.The Solar PV modules & Inverters for 100kWp to 500kWp will be supplied by REIL at the site. The last date for submission of online bid is 21 March 2020 

Commenting on the report findings by TERI in February, Dr.Ashvini Kumar, Senior Director, Renewable Energy Technologies at TERI said, “Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh are the top three states in terms of potential for installations of FSPV( Floating Solar Photovoltaic).”