Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited has extended by a week the deadline for bidding to set up 110 MW of grid-connected solar at specific sites in the state, with proposals now accepted until September 23.
Under the terms of the tender, solar projects ranging in scale from 10-55 MW must be connected at three Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) substations in the state: the 100ha Sanesh site in Bhavnagar district has space for 55 MW of generation capacity, the 92ha Pachchham location in Ahmedabad can host 40 MW and a 25ha plot at Nikava in Jamnagar can accommodate 15 MW.
New tender
The state utility has also invited bids to set up 210 MW of grid-connected, ground-mounted solar project capacity at Babarzar, also in Jamnagar district.
The scope of work in that tender embraces design, engineering, supply and procurement, construction, testing and commissioning plus operations and maintenance for ten years. The solar power generated will be evacuated into GETCO’s 220 kV/66 kV substation through a 66 kV underground cable which will also have to be built, tested and commissioned by the successful developer.
To qualify for the exercise, which would involve project commissioning within 18 months of contract award, developers must be incorporated in India under the Companies Act 1956 or 2013 and have carried out similar work on minimum 1 MW-scale projects with a total capacity of 138 MW since April 1, 2014. Of the 138 MW project experience required, 124 MW must be operating in India and must include at least two projects with a generation capacity of at least 40 MW.
With the bid window to close on October 5, developers must also have had a cumulative turnover of at least Rs756 crore for the last three financial years, positive net worth in 2019-20 and must provide a Rs8.4 crore bank guarantee.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.