SJVN has issued three tenders for setting up 7.82 MW of rooftop solar projects with battery storage on union government buildings across the country’s eastern, southern, and northern regions under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.

Eastern Region

Projects in this region will have a cumulative capacity of 1.5 MW. They will be set up in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.

These solar projects will be installed on the buildings of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions.

Southern Region

Projects in this region will have a cumulative capacity of 3.27 MW. They will be set up in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.

These solar projects will be installed on the buildings of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

Northern Region

Projects in this region will have a cumulative capacity of 3.05 MW. They will be set up in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Chandigarh.

These solar projects will be installed on the buildings of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Women and Child Development

Bids for all regions must be submitted by August 13, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same date.

Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹1,000 (~$11.58)/kW and a document fee of ₹5,900 (~$68.3).

Selected bidders must pay a performance bank guarantee of ₹2,500 (~$28.94/kW).

The scope of work entails the design, supply, storage, erection, installation, testing, and commissioning of the solar projects. It also involves providing comprehensive operation and maintenance (O&M) services for 25 years.

Selected bidders must obtain no-objection certificates from state distribution companies for grid connectivity or metering, obtain net metering and grid connectivity, obtain the remaining necessary approvals, and prepare site surveys and feasibility reports. They must also provide a safety line cable during project execution and O&M.

Successful bidders must also provide handrails/guardrails on the rooftops for fall protection if required.

Bidders empaneled with SJVN must have executed similar rooftop projects.

Empaneled vendors for certain northeastern and hilly/remote areas, including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, and Meghalaya, under relaxed eligibility rules must meet the full eligibility criteria for bidding in other states (beyond the ones they are already empaneled for).

Bidding consortium or joint ventures must have designed, supplied, installed, and commissioned rooftop, ground-mounted, floating solar projects in India of a minimum cumulative installed capacity of 500 kW in the last seven years. At least one of the projects must have had a minimum capacity of 100 kW. These projects must have been operational for at least six months.

Bidding consortiums or joint ventures must have a maximum of three members, with one entity as a lead member. The lead member must hold at least 51% of the shares in the consortium or joint venture. Other members must have a minimum of 20% shareholding.

Bidders must have an average annual turnover of ₹15,000 (~$173.63)/kW of the total quoted capacity during the previous three financial years ending March 2025.

All members of the bidding consortium or joint venture must individually fulfill the minimum average annual turnover requirement proportionate to their shareholding.

Recently, SJVN invited bids to set up rooftop solar systems with a cumulative capacity of 1 MW at the Civil Secretariat complex in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, and its adjacent areas under PM Surya Ghar.

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