Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids for the design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing, commissioning, and operation and maintenance (O&M) of a 25 MW solar power project with a 20 MW/50 MWh battery energy storage system at Taru, Leh, UT of Ladakh, India.

The last date for the submission of bids is May 13, 2024. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must pay ₹29,500 (~$355) as a tender processing fee.

Bidders must pay an earnest deposit of ₹74.1 million (~$888,610).

Bidders are encouraged to visit the proposed site to assess the current conditions and review the plans/drawings related to the specified scope of work, including the power evacuation system and capacities for ground-mounted projects.

SECI  intends to finance the package through domestic funding and own resources.

Only modules from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s Approved List for Models and Manufacturers must be used for the project.

For Crystalline Silicon Technology, the entire process, from making wafers to assembling solar cells into modules, must be carried out at the facilities of PV Manufacturers in India, including all steps and quality checks.

Bidders may choose to qualify through one of the following routes. Technical eligibility criteria will be deemed fulfilled if the bidder meets the requirements of Route I or Route II.

For the first route, bidders should have experience in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) or as a developer executing ground-mounted solar projects on a turnkey basis. This includes design, supply (modules/inverters may be included or excluded from the bidder’s scope in past experiences), installation, and commissioning of grid-connected solar power projects with a cumulative capacity of at least 12.5 MW over the past seven financial years, as of the bid submission deadline.

Additionally, these solar power projects must have been operating satisfactorily for at least six months before the bid submission deadline.

Under Route II, bidders should have experience in the EPC execution or developing ground-mounted solar projects on a turnkey basis, including design, supply (modules/inverters may be included or excluded from the bidder’s scope in past experiences), installation, and commissioning of at least two grid-connected solar power projects, each with an individual capacity of 2.5 MW or more, over the past seven financial years, as of the bid submission deadline.

These projects must have been operating satisfactorily for at least six months before the bid submission deadline.

Bidders must provide a list of projects commissioned at least six months before the bid submission deadline, specifying if the project is grid-connected, along with scanned copies of the Commissioning certificate and relevant contractual documents from the Client (or Owner) to support the criteria mentioned above.

They must demonstrate a minimum average annual turnover of ₹1.48 billion (~$17.7 million) over the last three financial years (FY 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23).

Bidder should possess a minimum working capital of ₹620 million (~$7.4 million).

Recently, SECI invited bids to set up a 300 MW ground-mounted solar project at Ramagiri in Andhra Pradesh.

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