NHPC Limited has invited bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of 200 MW solar power projects at Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Gujarat.

The scope of the work includes design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation, uploading storage, installation, testing, and commissioning of the solar project, including the supply of solar modules. The developer must also oversee the project’s operation and maintenance for five years.

The last date for the submission of bids is August 29, 2023. Bids will open on September 6.

Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹92 million (~$1.1 million). The successful bidder must submit 3% of the project cost as performance security within 28 days of receiving the award notification.

Bidders must have developed, designed, erected, commissioned, or supervised these activities for grid-connected solar power projects with a cumulative capacity of 40 MW or higher. At least one project must be of 10 MW or higher capacity.

Alternatively, bidders should have executed in the last ten years, either as developers or EPC contractors in the process industry or in infrastructure development, a single work with a minimum value of ₹1.5 billion (~$18.3 million).

Bidders must have experience executing at least one electrical substation of 33 kV or above voltage level that includes equipment such as 33 kV or above voltage level circuit breakers and power transformer and has been successfully operating for at least one year before the bid opening.

Bidders should have an average annual turnover of at least ₹2.17 billion (~$26.4 million) in the last three years.

Their net worth as of the closing day of any three financial years out of the last five should be positive. Bidders should have a working capital of at least ₹1.2 billion (~$14.6 million).

Earlier this year, NHPC invited bids to select developers to set up 3 GW of interstate transmission system-connected solar power projects nationwide.

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