The Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) to develop 20 MW solar projects under Component A of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) program.

The installations will be located at single or multiple sites, each with a capacity of 2 MW.

Bids must be submitted by March 29, 2025. Bids will be opened on April 7, 2025.

Bidders must submit a bid processing fee of ₹1,000 (~$11.53). The bid document fee of ₹10,500 (~$121.03).

Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹200,000 (~$2,305.43).

Successful bidders must submit a performance bank guarantee of 10% of the total work order value, which must remain valid for the 10-year operation and maintenance (O&M) period.

The scope of work also includes selecting engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors to collaborate with landowners and farmers to lease land, and design, engineer, supply, construct, and commission the project.

Successful bidders must use components from manufacturers approved under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers.

Bidders must have designed, constructed, supplied, and commissioned solar projects with a minimum capacity of 1 MW and a cumulative installed capacity of at least 5 MW.

Bidders must have a cumulative turnover of at least ₹300 million (~$3.46 million) over the last three financial years. They must have completed a solar or similar infrastructure project worth at least ₹50 million (~$576,357.5).

Earlier this year, OREDA issued a tender for the EPC of 4 MW rooftop solar projects with battery integration. The projects will be implemented across various locations in Odisha under a rate contract basis.

In the same month, OREDA invited EoI to conduct detailed surveys and prepare feasibility reports for grid-connected rooftop solar power projects.

OREDA also issued a request for selection to set up 10,000 off-grid solar water pumps of capacities ranging from 1 HP to 7.5 HP under Component-B of the PM-KUSUM program.

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