GAIL Invites Bids for 17.5 MW Floating Solar Project in Uttar Pradesh
The last date to submit the bids is May 20, 2025
April 22, 2025
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GAIL (India), a central public sector undertaking, has floated an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) tender for a 17.5 MW (AC) floating solar project at its facility in Pata, Uttar Pradesh.
Bids must be submitted by May 20, 2025. Bids will be opened on May 21.
Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹7.75 million (~$90,442.50). The project must be completed within 12 months.
The scope of work includes the design, engineering, construction, erection, testing, and commissioning of the floating solar project and the associated power evacuation infrastructure. It also includes providing operation and maintenance services for three years and comprehensive annual maintenance for critical equipment for ten years.
Selected bidders must use solar modules from the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers.
Bidders must have experience in completing floating solar projects. They can choose one of two options while applying.
Option A requires the bidders to have completed 14 MW or more, or two projects of 8.75 MW each, or three projects of 7 MW each on an EPC basis in the last seven years. Option B requires the bidders to have experience executing ground-mounted solar projects of comparable capacities alongside at least one floating solar project with 2 MW (AC) capacity in the last seven years.
Bidders must have a minimum average annual turnover of ₹431 million (~$5.03 million) over the last three financial years and a positive net worth per the last audited financial year. Additionally, they should possess a minimum working capital of ₹86 million (~$1 million), with the option of providing a line of credit to cover any shortfall.
Earlier this year, GAIL announced an increase in its startup investment fund from ₹1 billion (~$11.53 million) to ₹5 billion (~$57.67 million).
In October 2024, GAIL invited bids for the design, engineering, procurement and supply, construction, erection, testing, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of a 7.75 MW grid-connected floating solar project at Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh.
