Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) has invited bids from engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors for the installation of a 1 MW rooftop solar system in Maharashtra on a lumpsum turnkey basis.

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.

The work must be completed by March 15, 2024. Selected bidders must also oversee the project’s Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for five years.

The last day to submit the bids is January 27, 2024. Bids will be opened on January 29.

Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹400,000 (~$4,826).

The Trust will use the power generated for its captive use.

Selected bidders must submit 3% of the project cost (excluding O&M cost) as a performance bank guarantee. They must also submit 5% of the yearly O&M contract value during the O&M period.

To be eligible, 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 two financial out of 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 be present in the business of solar project O&M. They should have experience in successful operation and maintenance of solar projects of 1 MW or above capacity in India for at least two years up to the bid due date.

They should have a minimum average annual turnover of ₹50 million (~$603,285) during 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.

The Trust has mandated the use of mono PERC modules of a minimum of 540W.

The modules used should be warranted for their output peak watt capacity at not less than 92% at the end of 10 years and 83% at the end of 25 years. The derating of the modules should not be more than 0.6% in any year except for the first year of operation.

In November, Shri Tuljabhavani Temple Trust issued a tender for technical consulting services to install a solar power project in Maharashtra with a capacity of 250 MW or more.

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