SJVN Green Energy (SGEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of SJVN, has invited bids for engineering procurement and construction (EPC) of 500 MW solar projects near the 220 kV Bikaner-IV substation at Ambaran, in Rajasthan.

SGEL signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Punjab State Power Corporation for the supply of 1,000 MW of solar power from grid-connected projects. The tendered capacity is part of this PPA.

Bids must be submitted by September 12, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹265 million (~$3.04 million) for 250 MW and ₹530 million (~$6.08 million) for 500 MW solar power projects.

They must also submit a document fee of ₹5,000 (~$57.43).

Bidders must bid for at least 250 MW.

The scope of work includes the design, engineering, manufacturing, procurement, testing, transportation, supply, installation, and commissioning of the solar projects. It also covers identifying and acquiring the project land and transferring its ownership or sub-lease in favor of SGEL.

Selected bidders must develop the associated power evacuation system up to the interconnection point. They must also conduct civil and electrical works, securing permits and licenses, and obtaining insurance at all stages.

The scope of work also involves packing, forwarding, receipt, unloading, storage, performance demonstration, operational acceptance, and comprehensive services for the projects.

Selected bidders must provide comprehensive operation and maintenance of the solar projects, the switchyard, and the evacuation infrastructure for three years.

The projects must use modules listed in the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers.

Bidders must have designed, supplied, erected/supervised the erection, and commissioned grid-connected solar power projects with a cumulative installed capacity of at least 30 MW in the last ten years under an EPC contract. At least one of the projects must have had a minimum capacity of 10 MW. The projects must have been operational for at least three months.

Alternatively, bidders must have completed grid-connected solar projects with a cumulative installed capacity of at least 30 MW in the last ten years as a developer.  At least one of the projects must have had a minimum capacity of 10 MW. The projects must have been operational for at least three months.

Bidders could also have executed an industrial project of at least ₹15.9 million (~$182,631)/MW as a developer or EPC contractor in the power, steel, oil and gas, petrochemicals, fertilizers, cement, coal mining, including coal handling plant, any other process industries, or in the infrastructure sectors in the last ten years. The project must have been operational for at least six months.

Bidders must have executed at least one electrical substation of 33 kV as a developer or an EPC contractor in the last ten years. The substation must have consisted of equipment such as circuit breakers and power transformers. This substation must have been operational for at least six months.

Bidders must have a minimum annual turnover of ₹15.9 million (~$182,631)/MW in the last three financial years. They must have a positive net worth in at least two of the three previous financial years.

In July 2025, SGEL issued an EPC tender for setting up 951 MW of solar projects across Maharashtra under the Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Vahini Yojana 2.0 program, aligned with the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Component C.

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