The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has invited bids to set up 110 MW ground-mounted solar projects in Uttar Pradesh under the captive mode.

Bids must be submitted by September 25, 2025. Bids will be opened on September 26.

Bidders must furnish a security amount of ₹66 million (~$753,618).

The scope of work entails conceptualizing entire projects from design to commissioning. It also includes identifying the project land, obtaining it on lease or ownership, and developing it.

Selected bidders must execute the project through a special-purpose vehicle. Apart from the solar project, they must install the transmission network up to the interconnection/delivery point to supply power to NCRTC.

They must also supply all the project equipment, including the solar panels, inverters, DC and AC cables, solar energy distribution system, electrical sub-station, weather monitoring system, energy monitoring system, and transmission lines for connectivity with the grid.

Successful bidders must provide fencing for the boundary walls, security arrangements, water connection, and the equipment for the projects’ operation and maintenance. They must also obtain the connectivity and necessary approvals for the projects’ interconnection with the interstate or intra-state transmission networks, or the state transmission unit networks.

The scope of work also involves ensuring the projects adhere to the criteria under the Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2007, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy guidelines, and subsequent amendments and clarifications, along with other applicable laws.

The tender is technologically agnostic. The projects must be completed within 18 months.

Bidders must have commissioned ground-mounted solar projects with a minimum capacity of 55 MW in a contract within the previous ten years ending on the last day of the month before the bid submission deadline. They must have owned the project.

Bidders must have completed a government work order for 500 MW of renewable energy or developed a solar park with this capacity. These work orders/solar parks must be commissioned/under commissioning on an ownership basis within the preceding ten years ending on the last day of the month before the bid submission deadline.

Bidders must have a positive net worth for the last three financial years or since their incorporation, whichever is later.

In June this year, NCRTC invited bids to set up 3 MW rooftop solar projects in the Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor.

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