NTPC Green Energy (NGEL) has invited bids for the comprehensive operation and maintenance (O&M) of its 250 MW Shimbhu ki Bhurj-I solar project for two months in Rajasthan.

Bids must be submitted by August 4, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same date.

Successful bidders must furnish a bid security of 10% of the contract value.

Bidders are encouraged to visit the project site to familiarize themselves with the nature and scope of work, site conditions, and obtain all necessary information regarding the risks, contingencies, and other factors that may influence their bids.

The scope of work includes module and inverter cleaning, and cutting and disposal of grass and bushes from the entire 1,500-acre project area once during the contract period. It also involves performing O&M of the 400 KV S/C transmission line from the SKB-I common power system stabilizer to the Bhadla-II solar park phase.

Selected bidders must deploy at least one site-in-charge, eight graduate engineers, and 24 technicians with solar project O&M experience. They must also provide consumables such as fuses, connectors, and testing tools.

Successful bidders must ensure daily attendance during string outages, restore inverter tripping, attend all breakdowns/tripping incidents, and restore the system in the shortest possible time. They must thoroughly investigate all the high-tension tripping and the equipment involved and prepare a root cause analysis of these incidents.

Selected bidders must man the control room on a 24×7 basis. The project’s supervisory control and data acquisition will be the primary tool to monitor the operating status of various equipment.

Earlier this month, NGEL invited bids for the O&M of a 160 MW solar project at Jetstar, Rajasthan, for two months.

In May this year, NGEL also invited expressions of interest from renewable energy companies having power purchase agreements with intermediary procurers to acquire solar projects with a minimum cumulative capacity of 50 MW.

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