NTPC Invites Tender for 20 MW Floating Solar Plant at Anta Gas Station in Rajasthan

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has announced that it has invited bids for a 20 MW of grid-connected floating solar project at its Anta gas power station in Rajasthan.

The concise scale of work includes the supply, design, engineering, manufacturing, packing and forwarding, transportation, unloading storage, installation and commissioning of the project. The successful bidder will also have to present operations and maintenance (O&M) for the first three years from the date of successful conclusion of the test run.

The winning bidder will also be requisite to Supply of floaters, Installation, anchoring, fixing of floaters for SPV panels, pathways corresponding to 28 MWp (minimum). While also being accountable for the supply and installation of 33 kV pooling switchgear panel to be connected with chief pooling switchgear of ground mount solar PV project.

The final date for bid submission is February 13, 2019, and the techno-commercial bid will open on the following day on February 14, 2019. Solar PV cells and modules for this project can be sourced globally.

To be entitled to bid for the project, each bidder should have designed, supplied, installed and commissioned grid-connected solar projects of cumulative installed capacity of 16 MW or higher, out of which at least one project should be of 10 MW capacity or higher. Additionally, the average yearly turnover of the bidder should not be less than Rs 78.8 crore in the last three financial years.