Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA) has issued a request for selection (RfS) to empanel developers to set up 152.75 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects on government buildings in the union territory under the renewable energy service company model.

Bids must be submitted by December 1, 2025. Bids will be opened on December 2.

Bidders, including their parent, affiliate, ultimate parent, or any group company, can only submit a single/separate bid for each project cluster. The maximum capacity for which bidders can quote will depend on the cluster’s tentative projected capacity. The individual project sizes must range from 20 kW to 500 kW.

The projects will be set up across 6,613 buildings, with capacities ranging from 750 kW to 70 MW, in 12 clusters.

Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹500,000 (~$5,663.74) and a document fee of ₹25,000 (~$283.19).

Selected bidders must submit a performance bank guarantee (PBG) of ₹600,000 (~$6,796.49)/MW/project. They must also sign a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with JAKEDA.

The scope of work entails the survey, design, engineering, financing, installation, and commissioning of the solar projects. It also involves providing operation and maintenance services for the PPA period.

Selected bidders must obtain the connectivity, net metering, permits, approvals and licenses, and insurance for the projects. They must also provide the training and other resources necessary to execute them.

The scope also includes power transmission up to, and including, the interconnection points where metering is performed for energy accounting. Additionally, it involves providing maintenance for the transmission system up to and including the interconnection point.

Successful bidders must maintain a capacity utilization factor (CUF) of 13.5% across projects. The solar modules must be warranted for a performance degradation of less than 3% for the first year of installation and below 1% per annum for the subsequent years.

Selected bidders unable to supply the minimum energy corresponding to the CUF value within the declared permissible lower limit will incur liquidated damages of 50% of the PPA tariff for the shortfall in energy.

Ground-mounted solar projects may also be allowed to be set up when feasible rooftops are unavailable, subject to the approval of JAKEDA and the host department.

The RfS is technology agnostic. However, only commercially established and operational technologies and components compliant with the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers must be used.

The projects must be commissioned within five months in urban and seven months in rural areas.

Delays in commissioning will attract liquidated damages in the form of PBG encashment on a per-day basis, proportionate to the balance of the uncommissioned capacity.

Bidders must have designed, supplied, installed, and commissioned solar projects of a minimum 1 MW capacity in the last seven financial years. The projects must have been operational for at least one year before the bid submission deadline.

Bidders must have a minimum net worth of ₹5 million (~$56,637.39)/MW for the previous financial year and a minimum average annual turnover of ₹10 million (~$113,274.79)/MW during the last three financial years.

Bidders must demonstrate a working capital of ₹9 million (~$101,947.31)/MW for the preceding financial year. Alternatively, they must demonstrate a line of credit for the same amount.

In February this year, JAKEDA issued a tender to empanel developers to set up 175 MW rooftop solar projects under the renewable energy service company model on government buildings in the union territory.

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