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					</table><p><a href="https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eastern Railway</a> has invited bids to install a 1.125 MW grid-connected rooftop solar power project without battery backup at its Howrah Division in West Bengal.</p>
<p>The last date for the submission of bids is January 1, 2024. Bids will be opened the same day.</p>
<p>The project will be in addition to and connected with the 2.2 MW rooftop solar <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/eastern-railway-bids-for-2-2-rooftop-systems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">project</a> recently retendered.</p>
<p>The scope extends to installing, testing, and commissioning the solar modules on the rooftops of buildings, shed tops of station platforms, coaching yards, workshops, and all associated works.</p>
<p>The scope also encompasses the following components:</p>
<ol>
<li>Mono/polycrystalline silicon solar cell connected in series (photovoltaic module)</li>
<li>Grid-connected solar string inverter featuring provision for data transfer to a remote service platform for data storage and analysis.</li>
<li>Aluminium solar module mounting structure</li>
<li>Array junction box</li>
<li>Inverter interfacing panels (AC distribution board, grid interfacing panel)</li>
<li>Fire-resistant AC and DC cables of suitable size (in sq. mm) and length</li>
</ol>
<p>All other accessories, such as a monkey ladder for maintenance access to the roof/shed, a lightning arrester, and a suitable earthing arrangement, are also included.</p>
<p>Bidders are required to provide an earnest money deposit of ₹407,200 ($4,884). The project is expected to be completed within a period of six months.</p>
<p>The estimated cost of the project is ₹51.4 million ($617,055).</p>
<p>Bidders are required to have, within the last seven years, completed any of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Three similar works, each costing no less than 30% of the advertised value of the tender.</li>
<li>Two similar works, each costing no less than 40% of the advertised value of the tender.</li>
<li>One similar work costing no less than 60% of the advertised value of the tender.</li>
</ul>
<p>Similar work here entails the design, supply, installation, connection, testing, and commissioning of rooftop/shed-top/water surface/vacant land-based on-grid/off-grid/hybrid solar systems with associated work.</p>
<p>Bidders must possess a minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or &#8216;V,&#8217; whichever is less. Here, V represents the advertised value of the tender in crores of rupees, and N is the number of years prescribed for the completion of the work for which bids have been invited.</p>
<p>The average annual contractual turnover is calculated as the average of the total contractual payments in the previous three financial years.</p>
<p>Eastern Railway has also <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/eastern-railways-solar-projects-in-west-bengal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids to implement 3 MW ground-mounted solar power projects, without battery backup, at various locations within the Kanchrapara railway workshop in the officer&#8217;s colony area in West Bengal.</p>
<p>Subscribe to Mercom’s <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a> for timely updates on all solar tenders issued by various agencies in India.</p>


Railways Invites Bids for 1.125 MW Rooftop Solar Project in Howrah

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