Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) has invited bids to set up a 2.5 MW solar project at the Velu substation in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.

The last date to submit bids is June 30, 2026. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must furnish a bid security of ₹2.08 million (~$21,800) and performance security equivalent to 5% of the contract value.

They must submit a bid document fee of ₹25,000 (~$262).

The scope of work covers design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing, and commissioning of the solar project.

It also entails comprehensive operation and maintenance for 12 years.

The system must be designed for interconnection at the 11 kV level.

The project must be completed within 180 days.

Bidders must have designed, engineered, supplied, constructed, erected, tested, commissioned, and provided comprehensive O&M for solar projects in one of the following ways in the last three years:

• Bidders must have completed a single solar project valued at least ₹79.1 million (~$829,047)
• Bidders must have completed two solar projects valued at least ₹49.4 million (~$517,762) each
• Bidders must have completed three solar projects valued at least ₹39.5 million (~$414,000) each

They must have a minimum annual turnover of at least ₹29.7 million (~$311,286) in the last three financial years. They must have liquid assets/demonstrate availability of credit facilities of at least ₹24.7 million (~$258,881).

Bidders must have a net worth at least equivalent to 100% of the paid-up share capital.

Successful bidders must use modules listed in the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers and warranted for peak output of at least 90% at the end of 10 years and 80% at the end of 25 years.

Recently, EESL invited bids for the installation of a 50 MW grid-connected solar project with a 10 MW/40 MWh battery energy storage system at the IB thermal power station in Jharsuguda, Odisha.

Earlier this May, it issued an expression of interest for feasibility studies and detailed project reports for ground-mounted, rooftop, and floating solar projects across India.