The Electricity Department of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration has invited bids to install rooftop solar systems of 2 kW each atop 15,000 homes for a total capacity of 30 MW.

The systems will be installed under the utility-led aggregation model of PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana across the entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The capacity has been divided into three buckets:

• Bucket I comprises 21 MW in Port-Blair, Swaraj Dweep, Shaheed Dweep, Little Andaman, Dugong Creek, Strait Island
• Bucket II comprises 7 MW in North and Middle Andaman
• Bucket III comprises 2 MW in Car-Nicobar, Kamorta, Chowra, Katchal, Teressa, Campbell Bay

Bids must be submitted by November 17, 2025. Bids will be opened on November 20.

Bidders must submit 2% of the project cost as an earnest money deposit.

Selected bidders must furnish 5% of the project cost as a performance bank guarantee.

Selected bidders must also remit a one-time fee of 2,000 (~$23)/installation to the payment security mechanism.

Bidders can submit a single bid offering a minimum cumulative capacity of 500 kW and a maximum cumulative capacity of 30 MW.

The declared annual capacity utilization factor should not be less than 13.5%.

The scheduled commissioning date for full capacity of the project will be 12 months from the effective date of the power purchase agreement.

Installers must oversee the systems’ operation and maintenance for 25 years.

Bidders should have commissioned solar projects with a cumulative capacity of at least 50% of the quoted capacity over the last seven financial years. The projects must be commissioned and should be operating satisfactorily for at least 1 year.

Bidders should also have commissioned at least two solar projects of 50 kW or more in the last seven financial years. These projects should be operating for at least a year.

The net worth of the bidders should be equal to or greater than ₹11,750 (~$134)/kW as on the last date of the previous financial year.

Bidders should demonstrate a minimum average annual turnover of ₹23,500 (~$268)/kW during the last three financial years.

They should also demonstrate working capital or a line of credit for the last financial year, with a minimum amount of ₹14,690 (~$168)/kW.

In May, the NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam invited bids for installing 3.45 MW grid-connected rooftop solar projects at multiple buildings in three Andaman and Nicobar Islands districts.

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