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					</table><p>Mahasamruddhi Renewable Energy (MREL), a special purpose vehicle of the <a href="https://msrdc.in/1307/Home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation</a>, has invited bids for the long-term purchase of 164 MW of solar power under open access from its projects along a highway connecting Mumbai and Nagpur.</p>
<p>Bids must be submitted by May 23, 2025. Bids will be opened on May 26.</p>
<p>Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹500,000 (~$5,870), a tender document fee of ₹10,000 (~$117.40) plus 18% GST, and a tender processing fee of ₹50,000 (~$587) plus 18% GST.</p>
<p>Successful bidders must submit a performance bank guarantee of ₹3.5 million (~$41,090)/MW of the procured capacity, valid for the entire power purchase agreement (PPA) term.</p>
<p>The scope of work includes purchasing power from MREL&#8217;s solar projects under long-term open access, managing all associated formalities and charges, and adhering to the PPA terms.</p>
<p>Selected bidders must sign a PPA within ten days of the letter of award. They must also provide operation and maintenance services for the time specified in the PPA.</p>
<p>The base tariff for the PPA’s initial five years is ₹3.30 (~$0.0387)/kWh, excluding all open access, transmission and wheeling, cross subsidy, additional, and other statutory charges. The tariff will escalate by 3% every subsequent five years.</p>
<p>The total available capacity of 164 MW is divided into the following categories, with minimum bid submission capacities:</p>
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<li>5 MW for government agencies, public sector undertakings, and semi-government entities</li>
<li>10 MW for industrial consumers, distribution companies, and licensed power traders (with a 10-year mandatory locking period)</li>
<li>1 MW for commercial customers, listed and unlisted companies, private limited companies, and private institutions (with a 10-year mandatory locking period)</li>
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<p>Bidders must demonstrate that at least 51% of the total energy generated by the solar project will be consumed directly by them.</p>
<p>Bidders must also demonstrate the ability to participate in energy scheduling and forecasting processes per state and central electricity regulatory guidelines.</p>
<p>Bidders must have a net worth of ₹3.5 million (~$41,090)/MW as of the last day of the preceding financial year. They must also have a minimum average annual turnover of ₹7 million (~$82,180)/MW of the procured capacity for the last three financial years.</p>
<p>In October 2024, MREL <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/mahasamruddhi-37-mw-solar-projects-maharashtra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids to commission 37 MW of ground-mounted and rooftop solar projects along the Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, a highway connecting Nagpur and Mumbai.</p>
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					</table><p>Mahasamruddhi Renewable Energy (MREL), a special purpose vehicle of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (<a href="https://msrdc.in/1307/Home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSRDC</a>), has invited bids to install and commission  9 MW of solar power projects in Washim (interchange 8) and Buldhana (interchange 11) districts of Maharashtra.</p>
<p>The projects will be developed along the 701-kilometer Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg.</p>
<p>The successful bidder will have to take care of the project&#8217;s operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) for ten years.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids online is October 4, 2022. Bids will be opened on October 6.</p>
<p>Bidders will have to submit ₹470,000 (~$5,883) as an earnest money deposit.</p>
<p>The contract performance security for the O&amp;M period will have to be furnished in two parts. The value of the contract security performance will be 5% of the absolute value of the O&amp;M contract for each of the two parts; part one will be for the first five years and the second one for the last five years.</p>
<p>The project must be completed within nine months from the award.</p>
<p>The project capacity of 5 MW at interchange 8 is to be divided into two different grid interconnections, i.e., a 2 MW solar project connected to 33/11 kV Belmandal substation, which is at 6.5 km, and a 3 MW solar project connected to 33/11 Kakadshivni substation at 1.5 km from interchange 8.</p>
<p>The project capacity of 4 MW at interchange 11 is to be divided into two different grid interconnections, i.e., a 2 MW solar project connected at 33/11 kV MSEDCL Bhalegaon Panchala substation, which is at 6 km, and another 2 MW solar project connected to 33/11 kV MSEDCL Khandala substation at 4.5 km from interchange 11.</p>
<p>Bidders must have experience as an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors or developers designed, supplied, erected, and commissioned grid-connected solar power projects with a cumulative installed capacity of not less than 3 MW or higher. Out of which, at least one project should have been of the individual capacity of 1 MW or higher capacity. The reference project should have been operating for at least six months before the bid submission date.</p>
<p>Bidders should have executed at least one electrical substation of 11/22 kV or above voltage level, consisting of equipment such as 11/22 kV or above voltage level circuit breakers and power transformers, either as a developer or an EPC contractor. The project should have been operating for at least one year before the bid submission date.</p>
<p>Alternatively, they should have executed an overhead transmission line of 11 kV and above and bay before the bid submission date.</p>
<p>The average annual turnover of bidders should not be less than ₹100 million (~$1.25 million) during the last three financial years. Their net worth as of the last date of the preceding financial year should not be less than ₹50 million (~$625,875).</p>
<p>The modules to be used for the projects must be warranted for peak output wattage, which should not be less than 90% at the end of 10 years and 80% at the end of 25 years. They should be warranted for at least ten years for material defects and workmanship failures.</p>
<p>In January this year, MSRDC <a href="https://mercomindia.com/eoi-invited-to-develop-120-mw-of-solar-projects/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> an expression of interest to develop 120 MW of solar projects on land available along the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg.</p>
<p>Earlier, MREL had <a href="https://mercomindia.com/msrdc-issues-epc-tender-solar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> an EPC tender to develop a 5 MW(AC) ground-mounted solar project at Bhilkheda in Washim, Maharashtra.</p>
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