Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) has issued an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) request for proposal to set up a 9 MW solar project on government land in Palamu district.

Bids must be submitted by March 20, 2026. Bids will be opened on March 24.

The project’s estimated cost is ₹929.7 million (~$10.16 million).

Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹18.6 million (~$203,336) and a tender fee of ₹11,800 (~$129).

Selected bidders must submit a performance security of 10% of the total contract value for the project and 5% for its operation and maintenance (O&M).

The scope of work entails the design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, testing, and commissioning of the solar project. It also involves providing O&M services for 25 years.

Successful bidders must undertake multi-level inspections and associated civil works. They must obtain the services, permits, and insurance at all stages for the project.

Selected bidders must prepare the pre-feasibility and detailed project reports for the project site. They must undertake the site’s soil investigation through a government or the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories-approved laboratory before designing the civil structures.

They must submit geotechnical and topographical surveys of the project site.

The scope of work includes the supply of solar modules, inverters, cables, transformers, module mounting structures, electrical panels, and switch gears. It also involves providing supervisory control and data acquisition and security systems, meters, connectors, and other essential equipment for the project’s commissioning.

Selected bidders must supply the equipment and materials for constructing the switchyard, boundary walls, foundation work, transformer bay, and any other civil work. They must provide the module mounting structures and integrate a special protection scheme for the project.

They must also provide fibre-optic communication systems and hardware fittings for the transmission line, fibre-optic terminal equipment, fibre-optic distribution panels, approach cables, and other associated equipment at the solar project’s pooling and interconnecting substations.

They must ensure an uninterrupted power supply, including batteries, distribution boards, cables, and associated equipment.

Each solar module must have a minimum capacity of 545 Wp and comprise at least 144 mono-crystalline silicon cells. The panels must have a minimum efficiency of 20%.

Only modules complying with the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers must be used.

The solar project must be completed within 12 months. Commissioning delays will attract penalties of 0.5% of the contract value per week of delay, capped at 10%.

Bidders must have executed solar projects with a minimum capacity of 4.5 MW over the past seven financial years up to financial year 2026 as an EPC contractor. At least one of these projects must have had a minimum capacity of 1 MW at a single location. These projects must have been operational for at least six months before the bid submission deadline.

All these projects should have had power purchase agreements with state and central government entities.

Bidders must have a minimum average annual turnover of ₹279 million (~$3.05 million) in the last three financial years. They must have had a positive net worth as of the last financial year.

Last year, JREDA invited bids for the EPC of 50 MW solar power projects at the Tenughat Thermal Power Station at Bokaro, Jharkhand on a turnkey basis.

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