The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids to select an agency for establishing a program management unit (PMU) to support the National Mission on Cleantech Manufacturing.

In addition to the core sectors of solar, wind, green hydrogen, and energy storage, the PMU is expected to be equipped to support other cleantech manufacturing sectors identified under the National Manufacturing Mission. These include, but are not limited to, electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, very high-voltage transmission equipment, waste-to-energy technology and equipment, and other emerging areas critical to India’s energy transition.

The PMU will support the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy with indigenization strategies, policy recommendations, investment facilitation, and state-level manufacturing plans. It will also help design skilling frameworks, circular economy approaches, and enable coordination with central ministries, states, industries, and financial institutions.

The agency will carry out sectoral diagnostics, identify localization opportunities, support access to concessional or blended finance, and develop implementation-ready strategies aligned with Mission objectives.

The National Manufacturing Mission is a strategic initiative announced in the Union Budget 2025 to strengthen domestic manufacturing across key industries, with a special focus on cleantech sectors.

The last date to submit bids is March 9, 2026. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹1.22 million (~$13,333). The successful bidder must furnish a performance bank guarantee in the amount of 10% of the total value of the contract within 15 days of the issuance of the work order.

Bidders should have completed at least one similar work order valued at ₹ 48.8 million (~$533,345) or more, or two similar works of value at least ₹30.5 million (~$333,341) each, or three similar works of value ₹24.4 million (~$266,672) each during the last three years.

Also, the minimum average annual turnover of bidders in the last three financial years should be at least ₹24.4 million (~$266,672).

The bidder’s net worth should be positive for the last financial year. They should have a minimum working capital of ₹7.625 million (~$83,335) as per the last audited financial statement.

Any delay in completion of work beyond the stipulated timeline will result in a deduction of 0.1% of the total work order value per day as liquidated damages.

Recently, SECI invited quotations from scheduled commercial banks to invest ₹4.5 billion (~$49.603 million) in term/fixed deposits.

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