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					</table><p>Bharat Heavy Electricals (<a href="http://www.bhel.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BHEL</a>) has invited bids from project developers to set up a 5 MW ground-mounted solar power project at its Ranipur facility in Haridwar on a build, own, operate, and maintain basis.</p>
<p>The scope of work includes developing, constructing, synchronizing, commissioning, operating, and maintaining the solar project. It also includes setting up the evacuation network up to the BHEL substation.</p>
<p>The selected bidder must sign a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with BHEL.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids is February 6, 2024. Bids will be opened on the same day.</p>
<p>Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹3 million (~$36,087). The successful bidder must submit a performance bank guarantee (PBG) of ₹12.85 million (~$154,569) before signing the PPA or 21 days from receiving the letter of intent, whichever is earlier.</p>
<p>The project must be commissioned within six months from the effective PPA date. The tender does not allow for part commissioning of the project.</p>
<p>A delay in commissioning of up to one month will result in part PBG of ₹3 million (~$36,087) being encashed, proportionally calculated on a per-day basis. For any delay beyond one month and up to three months, BHEL will encash the remaining PBG of ₹9.85 million (~$118,482).</p>
<p>The declared annual Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) must, in no case, be less than the CUF mentioned for each year by BHEL in the tender.</p>
<p>Any excess generation from the project will be sold directly to BHEL, and it will reserve the right to sell/use the surplus power at its end.</p>
<p>Bidders must have established ground-mounted solar power projects of capacity not less than 2.5 MW, with individual projects of capacities not less than 1 MW. They must also have experience operating and maintaining solar projects of 2.5 MW capacity over the last seven financial years. The solar projects must be commissioned and should be operating for not less than one year.</p>
<p>The net worth of the bidders must be equal to or greater than ₹51.4 million (~$618,268) as of the last date of the financial year 2022-23.</p>
<p>Bidders are required to demonstrate that they have sufficient means to manage the project fund requirements. They can do so by submitting proofs for either of the following – i) A minimum annual average turnover of ₹102.8 million (~$1.24 million) during the last three financial years; (ii) In principle sanction letter from lending institutions committing a line of credit for a minimum amount of ₹64.3 million (~$773,448), towards meeting the working capital requirement of the project.</p>
<p>In September 2023, BHEL <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/bhel-bids-90-mus-per-annum-round-the-clock-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids to procure 90 million units (MUs) of round-the-clock renewable power per annum on a long-term basis. The procured power will be supplied to the ex-bus periphery at the company units located in Haridwar (54 MUs), Bhopal (12 MUs), Trichy (12 MUs), and Hyderabad (12 MUs) on a long-term basis.</p>
<p>Subscribe to Mercom’s <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a> to stay on top of the real-time tender activity.</p>
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BHEL Floats Tender for 5 MW Solar Project in Haridwar


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					</table><p><a href="https://hwr.bhel.com/bhelweb/Home.jsp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)</a> has invited bids for the operations and maintenance (O&amp;M) of a 5 MW solar power project at its heavy electrical equipment plant (HEEP) in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.</p>
<p>The estimated contract cost is ₹2.25 million (~$27,193) for one year.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids is January 6, 2023. Bids will be opened on the same day.</p>
<p>Bidders are required to furnish an amount of ₹45,175 (~$545) as an earnest money deposit.</p>
<p>The successful bidder will have to submit an amount equivalent to 5% of the contract value as a security deposit.</p>
<p>According to the terms of the tender, at least 50% of the required security deposit, including the EMD, will be collected before the start of the work.</p>
<p>The security deposit balance will be collected by deducting 10% of the gross amount from each of the contractor’s running bills until the total amount is collected.</p>
<p>The successful bidder will be responsible for the daily operation of the power conditioning units (PCUs), HT panels, switchyard, and equipment breakdown. The O&amp;M vendor will also have to monitor daily weather parameters, take care of street light maintenance, and conduct module table tightness checks.</p>
<p>Extension of the time for completion of work may be granted by BHEL, where the delay is not attributed to the contractor.</p>
<p>However, if the delay is on account of the contractor, they will be charged 0.5% of the contract value for every week of delay, subject to a maximum of 10% of the contract value.</p>
<p>BHEL <a href="https://mercomindia.com/bhel-floats-om-tender-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floated</a> the tender for the O&amp;M of the same plant last year in December.</p>
<p>Recently, BHEL had <a href="https://mercomindia.com/bhel-floats-om-tender-for-2-solar-project-in-gujarat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for the operation and maintenance of 2.015 MW rooftop solar systems for 54 months in Surat.</p>
<p>In August this year, BHEL <a href="https://mercomindia.com/bhel-floats-om-tender-for-2-solar-project-in-gujarat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for the operation and maintenance of a 100 MW grid-connected solar power project for ten years at Raghanesda Solar Park (Phase-I) in Gujarat. The project’s estimated cost is ₹38.66 million (~$467,259).</p>
<p>According to Mercom’s <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a>, BHEL has so far floated O&amp;M tenders for 991.74 MW of solar power projects.</p>
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BHEL Floats O&M Tender for a 5 MW Solar Project in Haridwar

<p><a href="https://hwr.bhel.com/bhelweb/Home.jsp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Haridwar</a>, has invited bids from contractors for the operations and maintenance (O&amp;M) of a 5 MW solar power project at its Heavy Electricals Equipment Plant (HEEP) in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids is December 28, 2021. Bids will be opened on the same day.</p>
<p>The estimated cost of the contract is ₹2.27 million (~$229,783).</p>
<p>Bidders must submit an amount of ₹45,402 (~$595.6) as an earnest money deposit. The successful bidder will have to submit an amount of 5% of the contract value as a security deposit.</p>
<p>The maintenance contract will be for one year.</p>
<p>The successful bidder will be responsible for the operation work of the power conditioning units (PCUs), HT panels, switchyard, and equipment breakdown on a daily basis. The O&amp;M vendor will also have to monitor daily weather parameters, take care of street light maintenance, and conduct module table tightness checks.</p>
<p>The vendors suspended or banned by BHEL will not be allowed to participate in the tender.</p>
<p>Extension of the time for completion of work may be granted by BHEL where the delay is not attributed to the contactor. However, where the delay is on account of the contractor, an extension of time will not be granted. The contractor will be charged at 0.5% of the contract value for every week of delay, subject to a maximum of 10% of the contract value.</p>
<p>BHEL has stated that preference will be given to procurement of domestic products under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, and orders issued by the nodal ministry will be applicable even if they are issued before the finalization of the contract.</p>
<p>The work should be governed by the specifications, terms, and conditions of the BHEL contract, special conditions, environment-related conditions, safety rules, and other conditions applicable from time to time.</p>
<p>In August this year, BHEL <a href="https://mercomindia.com/bhel-om-tender-ntpcs-25-mw-floating-solar-andhra-pradesh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for the O&amp;M of a 25 MW floating solar power project at NTPC Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh for 36 months.</p>
<p>Earlier, BHEL had <a href="https://mercomindia.com/bhel-om-tender-1-5-mw-solar-project-hyderabad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floated</a> an O&amp;M tender for a 1.5 MW solar project at Ramachandrapuram in Hyderabad.</p>
<p>According to Mercom’s <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a>, BHEL has so far floated O&amp;M tenders for 520 MW of solar power projects.</p>
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BHEL Floats O&M Tender for a 5 MW Solar Project at its Plant in Haridwar

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