NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has issued a request for proposals for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of 500 MW (2X250 MW), of grid-connected solar projects. The projects will be set up in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
According to the tender guidelines, the scope of work under the project includes designing, engineering, manufacturing, delivering, packing and forwarding, transportation, unloading storage, installation, testing, and commissioning of the projects, encompassing solar modules supply. The developer will be accountable for operations and maintenance of the project for a period of three years. The bid submission deadline is February 28, 2024.
To be eligible, prospective bidders must have experience in either developing, designing, supplying, erecting, or overseeing the commissioning of grid-connected solar power projects with an aggregate capacity of 40 MW or more. Among these projects, at least one should be of 10 MW or greater capacity, and it should have been operational for a minimum of six months prior to the bid opening date.
Alternatively, the bidders must have successfully undertaken an industrial project in sectors such as power, steel, oil and gas, petrochemical, fertiliser, cement, coal mining, coal handling plant, or any other process industry. The bidders are also required to have completed a minimum of one electrical substation with a voltage of 33 kV or higher, either as a developer or an EPC contractor, with voltage level of 33 kV or above for circuit breakers and power transformers. The requirement for a six-month successful operation applies to projects/ substation in the renewable energy sector, specifically solar or wind. For industrial projects/ substations outside the renewable energy sector, the criterion extends to a one-year operational period.
In January 2024, NTPC REL issued a tender to supply bifacial solar modules, of cumulative DC capacity of 1,515 MWp, (comprising four blocks, each with a capacity of 378.75 MWp) having wattage output of at least 540 Wp each, for 1,200 MW Khavda solar project, north block, in Gujarat.
