NTPC Green Energy Invites Bids for QCA Services at its 250 MW Anantapur Solar Plant
NTPC Green Energy has invited bids for the deployment of a Qualified Coordinating Agency (QCA) to manage forecasting, scheduling, and aggregation services at its 250 MW Anantapur Solar Plant in Andhra Pradesh. Bid submission ends on July 22, 2025.
July 18, 2025. By Mrinmoy Dey
The selected bidder will be engaged to provide Qualified Coordinating Agency (QCA) services for a duration of 12 months, which may be extended by an additional six months. A one-year defects liability period will apply.
Bidders need to furnish a security deposit amounting to 5 percent of the monthly billed service charges.
The last date for the submission of bids is July 22, 2025 till 11:00 AM and the techno-commercial bids will be opened on the same day at 3:30 PM.
The scope of work involves comprehensive real-time data acquisition on power generation, including the installation of modem-based energy meters. Alternatively, the bidder may integrate data from existing supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
“This also includes the analysis of all available static and historical data relevant to the project. Furthermore, the project entails the integration of weather data into forecast models, with the collection of availability data for solar inverters and transformers. Weather information must be sourced from reputed forecasting agencies to ensure accuracy,” noted the tender.
The bidder will be responsible for providing day-ahead and week-ahead generation forecasts or schedules in compliance with the prescribed formats of the respective State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) or Regional Load Dispatch Centre (RLDC).
The schedules must cover 96 blocks of 15 minutes each, running from 00:00 hours to 10:00 AM the following day. In addition, intra-day revisions to the schedule must be submitted as per the applicable Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) provisions, and the revised schedules must be coordinated and implemented in real time, noted the tender document.
A web-based application must be deployed to facilitate live display of real-time data and graphical trends comparing scheduled and actual plant generation. All data pertaining to DSM during the contract tenure must be securely stored by the bidder. The selected agency is also required to provide 24/7 support services, including the establishment of a dedicated team comprising renewable energy analysts, modeling statisticians, energy modelers, and an around-the-clock operations and monitoring team.
The selected bidder must maintain accurate records of time-block-wise schedules, actual generation injected, and deviations at both the pooling station and individual generator levels. This data must be shared with the respective generators.
Additionally, the bidder must maintain a weekly log of DSM de-pooling conducted by the RLDC or renewable energy agency, along with actual generation data of each participating generator. This data will be used to determine the DSM calculations, including payable or receivable amounts based on under-injection or over-injection.
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