NTPC Green Issues Bid For 900 MW Gujarat Solar Projects

NTPC Green Issues Bid For 900 MW Gujarat Solar Projects

NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) invited bids for land and an EHV transmission system package to develop up to 900 MW solar projects in the Bhuj region in Gujarat. It has sought bids up till May, 21st, 2025. 

Scope Of Work

The tender mandates the bidder to undertake land-related works such as the arrangement of Govt/private Land on freehold or leasehold mode (5 Acres/MW) in the Bhuj region of Gujarat. The lease should be for a minimum of 29 years and 11 months from the date of allotment. 

The NGEL tender mandated the bidder to undertake the topography Survey for Land Parcels and any cutting / Filling with compaction, to maintain an average slope of 10% for Solar Project Land for installation of tracker-based MMS. (Tracker system is not included in the bidder’s scope). The slope of the land would preferably be in one direction for at least 100m length in the N-S Direction.  Additionally, the bidder would also be responsible for undertaking a geotechnical investigation for the transmission system only as required for the Design of Foundations.

Criteria

The bidder is expected to have prior experience in developing and executing arrangements of land for grid-connected Solar PV Projects/Solar Parks or Wind Projects/Wind Parks or a combination thereof, of cumulative capacity of 100MW or higher, out of which at least one project/ Park should be of 50 MW or higher capacity. The work(s) referred to above can be in projects/works that are commissioned or yet to be commissioned.

Additionally, the bidder must also have experience in developing at least one year of Electrical Sub-station in Projects other than the RE sector i.e., Solar/Wind. At least six months for Electrical Sub-station in RE Projects (i.e., Solar/Wind).

The bidder must also have executed in the last 10 years an industrial project either as a developer or as EPC Contractor in the area of power/ steel/ oil and gas/ petro-chemical/fertilizer/cement/coal mining including coal handling plant and/ or any other process industry, of the minimum financial figure as mentioned in Table below, in a single project or single work
and the same should be in successful operation for at least one year/ six months before the date of the techno-commercial bid opening. The bidder must also have developed up to 300 MW capacity at Rs 17.90 Crores and develop more than 300 MW at Rs 5.97 Lakhs per MW