PVUNL Invites Bids For 700 kWp Rooftop Solar Project At Patratu Township In Jharkhand

Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (PVUNL), a joint venture involving NTPC, has released a tender inviting bids for the supply, erection, commissioning, and operation & maintenance (O&M) of a 700 kWp rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Patratu Township. The tender is floated under a single-stage, two-envelope system comprising technical and price bids. The contract period is 45 months from the date of Notification of Award or Purchase Order. This includes 9 months for the supply and commissioning work, followed by 36 months of O&M services.

The estimated cost for the entire project is ₹3,38,59,692. Interested bidders must pay a non-refundable tender fee of ₹2,655. There is no exemption allowed for this fee. Additionally, bidders must submit an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) or bid security of ₹5,00,000 (Rupees Five Lakh only). No exemptions are allowed for the EMD either. These payments must be made through separate electronic fund transfers to PVUNL’s State Bank of India account at Patratu Branch. Details of the bank account are provided in the tender document. Proof of payment needs to be uploaded on the tender portal.

The bid submission end date is 10^th June 2025. The date and time for the opening of the price bids will be communicated separately to the eligible bidders.

To qualify, bidders must have previously designed, supplied, erected, and commissioned a grid-connected solar PV power plant of at least one system with a minimum capacity of 100 kWp. Additionally, the cumulative capacity of such installations by the bidder should be at least 560 kWp, and the referenced plant must have been operational for at least one year before the bid opening date. Relevant certificates from the plant owner or, in some cases, the main contractor are required to support these credentials.

Financially, the average annual turnover of the bidder over the last three financial years should not be less than ₹3,76,21,881. The bidder’s net worth should also not be less than 100% of its paid-up share capital as of the last financial year. If the bidder relies on its holding company to meet these financial criteria, supporting documentation and board resolutions must be included with the bid.

Only “Class-I local suppliers” as defined under the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, are eligible to bid. This means the minimum local content must be at least 50%. False declarations regarding local content can lead to action under NTPC’s Fraud Prevention Policy.

Bidders must register on the NTPC e-tender website to participate. No hard copies of the tender documents will be issued. First-time users must submit additional documents such as GST registration, PAN, company registration certificate, and bank details for EMD reconciliation and vendor code assignment.

PVUNL reserves the right to cancel or modify the tender process at any time without assigning any reason, and the issuance of the bid documents does not automatically qualify a bidder. All corrigenda or updates to the tender will be posted only on the official e-procurement portal.