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					</table><p>A Government of India enterprise, <a href="https://www.bridgeroof.co.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bridge and Roof Company (India)</a><u>,</u> has invited bids to set up a 2.3 MW grid-connected rooftop solar power project at the Khidirpore Dock II, in Kolkata, West Bengal.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids is April 1, 2024. Bids will be opened on April 3.</p>
<p>The scope of work entails design, manufacturing, procurement and supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of the rooftop solar project.</p>
<p>The successful bidder will win a comprehensive maintenance contract for ten years after one year of warranty for the project. The assessed value of the tender is ₹168.5 million (~$2.03 million). Bidders will have to incur the cost of the tender document which is ₹20,000 ($285) and furnish ₹2.68 million ($32,385) as earnest money deposit.</p>
<p>The proposed rooftop solar power project will generate 2.3 MW of power, situated across five individual warehouse terraces. The selected bidder will have ten months to complete the project.</p>
<p>To participate in the tender, the bidders should have completed similar work costing ₹138.4 million ($1.67 million), two completed works each equivalent to ₹101.1 million ($1.2 million) or three similar works each costing ₹67.4 million ($814,386).</p>
<p>Similar work here refers to the supply, installation, and commissioning of solar power projects in any central government, state government, union territories, autonomous bodies, or private sector.</p>
<p>The annual financial turnover of the eligible bidders should be no less than ₹50.6 million ($611,449) in the last three years. The bidder should not have incurred losses in more than two years in the last five years. They must also submit a bank solvency certificate no less than or equal to ₹67.4 million ($814,386).</p>
<p>Bidders should have adequate engineers on the company roll and should also own, lease, hiring arrangements for plants and machinery for execution of the work.</p>
<p>In 2022, the company also <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/consultancy-tender-2-2-mw-rooftop-solar-west-bengal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floated</a> a tender for a consultant to install and commission a 2.25 MW grid-connected rooftop solar power project at the Khidirpore Dock II, with the project cost estimated at $1.7 million.</p>
<p>Subscribe to Mercom’s <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a> to stay on top of the tender activity in real time.</p>
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Bridge and Roof Company Invites Bids for 2.3 MW Rooftop Solar Project in West Bengal


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					</table><p><a href="https://www.bridgeroof.co.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bridge and Roof Company (India)</a>, a government of India enterprise, has invited bids to select a consultant to install and commission a 2.25 MW grid-connected rooftop solar power project at the Kidderpore Dock-II of the Syama Prasad Mookerjee port in West Bengal.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids is December 8, 2022. Bids will be opened the following day.</p>
<p>The project&#8217;s estimated cost is ₹140 million (~$1.72 million).</p>
<p>Bidders will have to submit ₹42,000 (~$517) as an earnest money deposit. The successful bidder must furnish a performance bank guarantee of 3% of the contract value within 15 days of issuance of the letter of intent.</p>
<p>The project must be completed within 75 days of the issuance of the letter of award.</p>
<p>The work scope includes surveying, detailed engineering, design, detailed project report preparation, and consultancy services during different project execution stages.</p>
<p>Bidders should have executed one similar work with a project cost of not less than ₹112 million (~$1.38 million), two similar works, each costing not less than ₹84 million (~$1.03 million), or three similar works, each costing not less than ₹56 million (~$688,240).</p>
<p>The average annual financial turnover during the last three consecutive financial years should not be less than ₹1.05 million (~$12,843).</p>
<p>Bidders should not have incurred any loss in more than two years during the last five consecutive financial years.</p>
<p>The company&#8217;s net worth should be positive as of the last day of the previous financial year.</p>
<p>If the consultant fails to fulfill the obligations, an amount equivalent to 1% of the consultancy fee per month of delay, subject to a maximum of 5% of the total consultancy fee, will apply.</p>
<p>Since the design and engineering are in the consultant&#8217;s scope and the specific construction work will be executed based on engineering performed by the consultant, it will be the responsibility of the consultant to carry out such design and engineering with maximum accuracy as per standard codes.</p>
<p>In May this year, West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency <a href="https://mercomindia.com/tender-install-10-mw-rooftop-solar-west-bengal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids to install 10 MW of rooftop solar systems in the state.</p>
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