Indraprastha Gas (IGL), a joint venture of GAIL India, BPCL, and the Government of Delhi, has invited bids to set up a 160 MW solar power project with a 28 MWh battery storage system in Rajasthan.

The successful bidder must operate and maintain the project for five years.

The scope of work includes survey, design, engineering, supply, procurement, installation, and construction, along with a 28 MWh battery energy storage system and a 220 kV or above transmission line with Central Transmission Utility connectivity.

The last date to submit bids is June 9, 2026. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must submit ₹80 million (~$836,112) as an earnest money deposit. Within 21 days of receipt of the contract, the successful bidder must furnish a performance bank guarantee in the amount of 10% of the annualized contract value.

The project must be completed within 18 months of the contract award.

Bidders should have designed, supplied, supervised, erected, and commissioned solar projects (with or without supply of modules, but including balance of system) having a cumulative capacity of 40 MW or higher, out of which at least one solar project must be of 10 MW or higher capacity. The 10 MW project should have been in operation for at least six months before the tender date.

They should have the required interstate transmission system (ISTS) connectivity in their name at the time of bid submission. The ISTS connectivity they offer, or the start date of that connectivity, should be within nine months of the bid submission date.

Bidders should be able to provide 100% of the land parcel to IGL required for setting up the proposed solar projectby way of outright purchase or a registered long-term lease with a provision for sublease at the time of bid submission.

Bidders should have a minimum annual turnover of ₹2.81 billion (~$29.37 million) in any of the last three financial years.

The bidders’ net worth should be positive as per the audited financial results of the immediately preceding financial year.

Their working capital should be at least ₹561.4 million (~$5.87 million).

Solar modules for the project should be from the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) List I, and cells should be from ALMM List II.

Last September, IGL entered into a joint venture agreement with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam to set up a 500 MW solar project in the state.

Earlier, GAIL floated an engineering, procurement, and construction tender for a 17.5 MW floating solar project at its facility in Pata, Uttar Pradesh.

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