Indian Oil Releases Tenders for Solar Plant worth 150 kW at Assam Bottling Plant

The Indian Oil Co. Ltd. (IOCL) has announced that it has released a tender inviting bid from qualified bidders for the positioning of 150 kW ground-mounted grid-connected solar power PV plant at its LPG bottling plant in North Guwahati, Assam.

The brief scope of work for elected bidders will include the attaining, supply and installation of the150 kWp solar system. The project developers will also be requisite to provide complete operation and maintenance of the plant for a period of 5 years from the date of successful commissioning of the plant. The system shall be coordinated with the grid and shall also have net metering provision.

The last date of bid submission April 6, 2019, and the technical bids will be opened on April 8, 2019.

The projected cost of the project is Rs 76,72,588 (77 lakhs) and all bidders must submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 76 thousand along with their bids as bid security. The accomplishment time for the job shall be 5 (Five) months from the initiation date.

According to tender provisions, a bidder should make the maximum possible consumption of indigenous manufacturing facilities and other services available for their project execution plans and in a period of 9 months.

The project will be done on a lump sum turnkey (LSTK) basis by empaneled vendors or such turnkey contractors.

In February, IOCL had issued a tender for setting up of a 2 MW solar power plant at its bottling plant in Dhanaj, Maharashtra. The power generated by the plants will be used for captive consumption at multiple IOCL locations across Maharashtra through Open Access Agreement and Energy Wheeling Agreement.