Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) has invited bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of 1.7 MW rooftop solar projects in Maharashtra.

Selected bidders must also oversee the project’s operation and maintenance (O&M) for five years.

The work must be completed within 120 days of issuing the purchase order.

The estimated work cost is ₹68 million (~$756,721).

Bids must be submitted by December 22, 2025. Bids will be opened on December 24.

Bidders must furnish ₹100,000 (~$1,112) as tender document cost and ₹1 million (~$11,128) as earnest money deposit.

Selected bidders must submit a performance bank guarantee equal to 5% of the project cost (excluding O&M costs). They must also submit 5% of the yearly O&M contract value during the O&M period.

The Trust has assigned SLnko Energy as the project management consultant for this project. SLnko will be responsible for the technical and commercial evaluation of bids, gathering clarification from bidders, and recommending the appointment of a contractor to install the rooftop solar system.

Bidders should have designed, supplied, erected, and commissioned grid-connected rooftop solar projects of at least 1 MW in India on a turnkey basis during the last five years.

The reference solar project of 1 MW or above must have been in operation for at least six months up to the bid due date.

Bidders should have experience in operating and maintaining solar projects of 1 MW or above capacity in India for at least two years up to the bid due date.

They should have an average annual turnover of at least ₹80 million (~$890,260) over the three financial years. The turnover should be gradually increasing or the same on average, not decreasing.

Bidders should have been profitable in the last three years, and their net worth last year should be positive.

In January 2024, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust invited bids from EPC contractors for the installation of a 1 MW rooftop solar system in Maharashtra on a lump-sum turnkey basis.

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