The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued the list of state-wise empaneled vendors for the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of up to 5 MW of rooftop and ground-mounted solar power projects.

The projects will be developed under two categories:

• Category A: For the residential sector on behalf of the state implementing agencies.
• Category B: For government organizations under capital expenditure (CAPEX) and renewable energy service company (RESCO) models.

SECI has empaneled a total of 23 rooftop solar installers under Category A. Under Category B – CAPEX model, 27 installers for the CAPEX model and 16 for the RESCO model have been enlisted. The rooftop solar installers were empaneled state-wise.

SECI had floated the tender in March this year.

The empaneled vendors must also oversee the comprehensive operation and maintenance of the projects for five years.

Category A

 The empaneled vendors for Category A are: Ganesh Electricals with Trom Industries, Gensol Engineering, Ghanpriya Energy Solutions, GK Energy Marketers, Pegasus Power and Infra, Solarium Green Energy, SPRM Energy Infrastructure, Goldi Solar, MITCON Consultancy and Engineering Services, SUGS Lloyd, Moopens Energy Solutions, Shri Badrinath Vaikalpik Urja, Prudential Green Energy, ECE India Energies, GosolarPower Systems, Solarium Green Energy, Xpanz Energy Solutions, Gupta Industrial Maintenance Services, Oneindig Technologies, Ranjan Industries, KLK Ventures, Greenroof Solar, and HFM Solar Power.

Under Category A, the second stage bidding process will be carried out by the state implementing agency, which will approve and sanction projects.

Category B

The empaneled vendors for Category B under the CAPEX Model are: Enerture Technologies, Ganesh Electricals, Gensol Engineering, GK Energy Marketers, HFM Solar Power, Pegasus Power and Infra, Prudential Green Energy, Sunpower Solutions, Solarium Green Energy, SPRM Energy Infrastructure, Trilig Energy, Kalpa Power, Manikaran Renewables, MITOCON Consultancy and Engineering Services, Start Solar, Subhash Infraengineers, Moopens Energy Solutions, Shri Badrinath Vaikalpik Urja, Xpanz Energy Solutions, ECE India Energies, Gosolar Power Systems, Somaya Solar Solutions, Gupta Industrial Maintenance Services, Oneindig Technologies, Diwakar Renewable and Infra, Goldi Solar, and Oakridge Energy.

The empaneled vendors for Category B under the RESCO model are: Ganesh Electricals, Gensol Engineering, GK Energy Marketers, HFM Solar Power, Prudential Green Energy, Sunpower Solutions, SPRM Energy Infrastructure, Trilig Energy, Oriana Power, Moopens Energy Solutions, Subhash Infraengineers, Diwakar Renewable and Infra, Oakridge Energy, Oneindig Technologies, Oriana Power, and Somaya Solar Solutions.

The first stage of the bidding process for Category B will involve issuing a limited tender to empaneled vendors. The bids submitted will be scrutinized to evaluate the techno-commercial eligibility of the bidders. They will then be evaluated based on the tariff quoted by the bidder in the electronic form of the financial bid.

In June this year, SECI had released the list of empaneled engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors for 50 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar systems on government buildings across various states under the RESCO model. SECI allotted 16.48 MW out of the total capacity of 50 MW.

According to Mercom’s India Solar Tender Tracker, SECI has so far floated tenders for 1.3 GW of rooftop solar projects.