NTPC SAIL Power Company (NSPCL), a joint venture of NTPC and Steel Authority of India (SAIL), has invited bids for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) package for a 20 MW floating solar project at Maroda Reservoir-2, in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.

The scope of work covers the development of the floating solar project along with a power evacuation system, including the supply and installation of solar modules in the designated area. It also includes the design of the project and civil, electrical, and mechanical auxiliary systems, and preparation of foundation drawings, single-line diagrams, installation drawings, and electrical layouts, and design calculations.

The successful bidder will also be responsible for the project’s operations and maintenance (O&M) for three years.

The last date to submit bids is May 18. Bids will be opened the following day.

Bidders must submit ₹20 million (~$212,186) as an earnest money deposit.

Preference will be given to Class I and Class II local suppliers. To classify as a Class I local supplier, the local content should be greater than 50%, and for Class II local suppliers, the local content should be between 20-50%.

Bidders should fulfill any of the following criteria:

• Bidders should, as an EPC contractor, have designed, supplied, erected, and commissioned grid-connected solar power projects of cumulative installed capacity of 16 MW or higher, out of which at least one project should have been of 10 MW or higher capacity. The reference project with a capacity of 10 MW or higher must have been operational for at least 6 months prior to the bid opening date.
• They should have developed grid-connected solar power projects with a cumulative installed capacity of 16 MW or higher, out of which at least one project should have been of 10 MW or higher capacity. The reference project with a capacity of 10 MW or higher must have been operational for at least six months prior to the bid opening date.
• They should have executed in the last ten years an industrial project either as developer or as EPC contractor in the area of power, steel, oil and gas, petro-chemical, fertilizer, cement, coal mining including coal handling plant and, or any other process industry, of a value of ₹1.2 billion (~$12.73 million) or more in a single project and the same should be in operation for at least one year prior to the bid opening date.

Bidders should have executed at least one electrical substation of 33 kV or above voltage level, consisting of equipment such as 33 kV or above voltage level circuit breakers and a power transformer, either as developer or as EPC contractor, which should be in successful operation for at least one year prior to the bid opening date.

The average annual turnover of bidders should be at least ₹1.2 billion (~$12.73 million) during the last three financial years.

The net worth of bidders as on the last day of the preceding financial year should not be less than 100% of the bidder’s paid-up share capital.

Last October, NSPCL commissioned a 15 MW floating solar project at the Maroda-1 reservoir of the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh.

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