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					</table><p>Indian Oil Corporation (<a href="https://iocl.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IOCL</a>) has invited bids for the operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) of an existing 1.1 MW solar power project at Indane Bottling Plant, Devanagonthi village in Bengaluru Rural district in Karnataka.</p>
<p>The project is valued at ₹1.3 million (~$16,172) for one year, including 18% GST. For a complete O&amp;M duration of three years, the total value is ₹4.03 million (~$48,449.2), including 18% GST.</p>
<p>The last date for submission of bids is January 6, 2024. Bids will be opened on January 8.</p>
<p>Bidders need not pay an earnest money deposit (EMD) for this tender. Nevertheless, all bidders must compulsorily submit the bid security declaration in place of EMD, adhering to the provided standard format.</p>
<p>This requirement for submitting bid security declaration is applicable even to bidders exempted from EMD payment, including micro and small enterprises as per public-private partnerships, start-ups, central public sector enterprises, and joint ventures.</p>
<p>The successful bidder must submit original documents to the tender inviting authority within seven days from the opening date of price bids or as communicated by IOCL.</p>
<p>The contract duration is 36 months, which will initially span one year and is extendable every year, with the second-year extension at the sole discretion of IOCL and the third-year extension contingent upon mutual consent.</p>
<p>IOCL retains the right to terminate the contract by providing the contractor with one month&#8217;s written notice. If the contractor chooses not to continue the contract for the second or third year and does not consent to the work order extension, and if IOCL desires such termination, the contractor must cover the interim period.</p>
<p>During this interim period, which lasts for an additional four months or until the finalization of a new tender, whichever occurs earlier, a new contract will be solicited after the expiration of the first or second-year contract.</p>
<p>The contractors are required to have a Class-1 / Class-A electrical contractor license issued by the state government electrical inspectorate.</p>
<p>Recently, IOCL <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/indian-oil-empanelment-tender-renewable-projects" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> a tender to empanel turnkey contractors for engineering, procurement, and construction and operation and maintenance of large-scale solar, wind, and hybrid power projects.</p>
<p>Earlier, IOCL had <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/indian-oil-consultancy-2-5-mw-solar-project-madhya-pradesh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids from consultants for project management consultancy services to set up a 2.25 MW grid-connected ground-mounted solar power project at its liquefied petroleum gas bottling plant in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.</p>
<p>Subscribe to Mercom’s <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a> to stay on top of the real-time tender activity.</p>
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Indian Oil Tenders O&M Work for 1.1 MW Solar Project in Karnataka


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					</table><p>Indian Oil Corporation (<a href="https://iocl.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IOCL</a>) has invited bids for comprehensive operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) of a 4.5 MW grid interactive ground-mounted solar power project at Narimanam, Tamil Nadu.</p>
<p>The last date for the submission of bids is February 4, 2023. Bids will be opened after four days on February 9.</p>
<p>The project’s estimated cost, including GST for four years, is ₹36.3 million (~$444,458).</p>
<p>Bidders are not required to pay any tender document fee or earnest money deposit.</p>
<p>Upon receipt of the work order, the successful bidder is required to pay a performance security deposit amount equivalent to 3% of the work order value.</p>
<p>The security deposit collected would be released after 12 months from the completion of work.</p>
<p>The tender offer would be valid for 120 days from the bid opening date. The corporation may seek further extension of the offer’s validity if required.</p>
<p>In case of a tie between two or more bidders at the L1 position, all the L-1 bidders would be asked to submit a discount bid in terms of a percentage discount over their previously quoted amount.</p>
<p>If there is a tie again, the bidder with the highest turnover in the preceding three years will be considered the L1 bidder.</p>
<p>The successful bidder will be responsible for implementing all precautionary measures to ensure the safety of all materials and labor until the work is completed and handed over to the company.</p>
<p>All materials, including cement, reinforcement, structural steel, consumables, testing appliances, tools, and tackles necessary for completing the work, would have to be procured and supplied by the bidder.</p>
<p>The works at the site will be supervised either by an IOCL site engineer or by a project management consultant agency appointed by the company.</p>
<p>Last year, IOCL <a href="https://mercomindia.com/indian-oil-bids-1-5-mw-captive-solar-projects-uttar-pradesh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction of 1.485 MW of grid-connected captive solar power projects at its bottling plants in Uttar Pradesh.</p>
<p>IOCL also <a href="https://mercomindia.com/indian-oil-om-tender-1-mw-distributed-solar-odisha/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for the annual operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) of distributed solar systems of 1.001 MW capacity installed at the Paradip refinery and township in Odisha.</p>
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Indian Oil Invites Bids for O&M of 4.5 MW Solar Project in Tamil Nadu


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					</table><p>Coal India Navikarniya Urja Limited (CNUL), a subsidiary of Coal India (<a href="https://www.coalindia.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CIL</a>), has invited bids to select a contractor for the design, engineering, procurement, and construction of a 35 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic project and associated transmission system in West Bengal.</p>
<p>The selected contractor will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the project for 5 years which will be developed at one location in Satgram (Kalidaspur 10 MW) and two locations in the Kunustoria (Mahabir 12.5 MW and Amritnagar 12.5 MW) of Eastern Coalfield (ECL), West Bengal.</p>
<p>The solar power generated will be used by ECL for captive consumption.</p>
<p>The supply and erection of the transmission network will be undertaken by West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDC).</p>
<p>The last date for the submission of the bids is February 22, 2023. Bids will be the opened on the following day.</p>
<p>The estimated cost of the work is ₹2.05 billion (~$25.1 million).</p>
<p>Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹5 million (~61,056).</p>
<p>The selected bidder must ensure the net electrical energy guaranteed generation and capacity utilization factor of the plant is 71.106 million units and 23.19%, respectively, for the first year with allowable degradation of 0.7% in subsequent years.</p>
<p>Bidders must have a minimum working capital of ₹411.7 million (~$5 million). They must submit a performance security of 3% of the contract amount.</p>
<p>The estimated cost for the 12.5 km transmission line is ₹80 million (~$976,857.2).</p>
<p>ECL has planned to evacuate the power generated from the 10 MW Kalidaspur solar plant at 33 kV level through 33/6.6 kV ECL substation at Kalidaspur.</p>
<p>The power generated from Jorsha More Colony will be brought to Kalidaspur substation where it will be metered.</p>
<p>The generated power from Amritnagar project will be evacuated to Mahabir Colliery via a 3 km overhead transmission line. The combined generation in Mahabir Colliery will be evacuated using a 3.5 km double circuit 33 kV cable to the existing WBSEDC 33 kV overhead line near Raniganj substation (the line connecting Bogra and Ranigaunj).</p>
<p>In March 2022, CNUL, on behalf of Bharat Coking Coal, <a href="https://mercomindia.com/epc-tender-solar-west-bengal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for the design, engineering, procurement, supply, construction, erection, testing, and commissioning of an associated transmission system of a 25 MW grid-connected solar project at Bhojudih Coal Washery in Purulia, West Bengal.</p>
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