NHPC Floats Power Evacuation Tender for 1.2 GW Jalaun Solar Park in UP

NHPC, on behalf of Bundelkhand Saur Urja Limited (BSUL)—a joint venture between NHPC and UPNEDA—has issued a tender to develop power evacuation infrastructure for the 1,200 MW Jalaun Solar Park. The company has invited bids for the project, with the submission deadline set for February 16, 2026.

The scope of the Jalaun Solar Park project includes developing a 400 kV / 33 kV PSS-1 and a 400 kV / 33 kV PSS-2 (Part A and Part B). Along with this, NHPC requires the bidder to develop an internal and external 400 kV power evacuation transmission line. 

The project also covers all extra-high-voltage (EHV) equipment, high-voltage (HV) equipment for solar power pooling, a park control and monitoring system, and all associated electrical, mechanical, civil, and structural works, along with three years of comprehensive operation and maintenance of the system.

This latest tender closely follows a Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) tender issued earlier this month, which offered around 17,515 acres of land for hosting solar projects in the state.

The state government has identified these land parcels as suitable for utility-scale, ground-mounted solar power projects. In the earlier tender, UPNEDA issued a revised list of its land bank available for clean energy projects, primarily solar, in the region. The state nodal agency has earmarked district-wise land availability across Bundelkhand, providing details of land parcels in four identified districts—Jalaun, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, and Lalitpur.

Scope of Work

The scope of work of this tender includes providing HV equipment for solar power pooling, a park control and monitoring system, and all electrical, mechanical, civil, and structural items, along with three years of comprehensive operation and maintenance of the system.

The bidder should have a minimum average annual turnover of INR 489 crore for the immediately preceding two consecutive financial years. The working capital (current assets minus current liabilities) should be at least two times the monthly cash flow requirement, with a minimum working capital of not less than INR 77 crore. The available bid capacity of the bidder at the time of submission of the price bid, calculated as specified, should not be less than INR 614.21 crore.

The bidder should have experience as a principal contractor, partner in a joint venture, or as a sub-contractor approved by the employer, in executing large electrical infrastructure works. This work, the company said, can be related to substations and/or transmission line works in the last 20 years. The work would comprise costing of not less than INR 491.36 crore, or two works each costing not less than INR 307.10 crore, or three works each costing not less than INR 245.68 crore.