Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam (MPUVNL) has issued a request for proposal (RfP) to develop rooftop solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 2.215 MW on government buildings in Chhindwara, Dhar, and Seoni districts.

Bids for all districts must be submitted by April 1, 2025. Bids will be opened on April 4.

Bidders for all districts must also pay a document fee of ₹25,000 (~$288) and a performance security of ₹2,500 (~$28.85).

Chhindwara District

The projects in Chhindwara will have a capacity of 803 kW.

Bidders must pay an earnest money deposit (EMD) of ₹803,000 (~$9,260).

They must also have a minimum net worth of ₹8.03 million (~$92,680.98).

Bidders must not have failed to perform any contract exceeding a contract value of ₹12.44 million (~$143,638.20) in the last three years.

Dhar District

The projects in Dhar will have a capacity of 829 kW.

Bidders must pay an EMD of ₹829,000 (~$9,568).

They must also have a minimum net worth of ₹8.29 million (~$95,681.85).

Bidders must not have failed to perform any contract exceeding a contract value of ₹ 12.43 million (~$143,522.78) in the last three years.

Seoni Districts

The projects in Seoni will have a capacity of 583 kW.

Bidders must pay an EMD of ₹583,000 (~$6,729).

They must also have a minimum net worth of ₹5.83 million (~$67,288.93).

Bidders must not have failed to perform any contract exceeding a contract value of ₹8.74 million (~$100,933.39) in the last three years.

Selected bidders for all tenders must sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with respective district drawing and disbursing officers to develop, operate, and maintain the projects.

The scope of work entails designing, installing, commissioning, and operating the projects. It also involves evacuation of power metering arrangement and meter replacement per the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) (Grid Interactive Renewable Energy Systems and Related Matters) regulations and related amendments.

Selected bidders must connect each project to the interconnection point for the project sites’ net metering per the applicable MPERC regulations and amendments.

If they are a consortium, a foreign company, or a limited liability company, they must incorporate a special purpose vehicle to execute the PPA, keeping the original shareholding unchanged.

Foreign companies must comply with all foreign direct investment regulations. Companies from countries sharing a land border with India must be registered with the competent authority. All companies in consortiums from such countries must also register with the competent authority.

These requirements do not apply to countries to which the Indian government has extended lines of credit, or in which it is engaged in developmental projects.

Bidders must undertake the necessary due diligence on all the projects before quoting the project tariffs.

Recently, MPUVNL issued an RfP to select renewable energy power generators to set up a cumulative capacity of 1,500 MW solar projects in Madhya Pradesh under Component C of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan program.

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