SECI Extends Deadline for Two Tenders Once Again

SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) has extended the deadline for two major solar tenders once again. This time, one tender is for a grid-connected 30 MW Floating Solar PV (FSPV) Plants on raw water reservoirs, while the other is for the supply of 1680 MWp domestically manufactured Solar PV Modules.

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SECI had floated a tender for the setting up of grid-connected 30 MW Floating Solar PV (FSPV) Plants on raw water reservoirs of DVC Thermal Power Plants at Koderma, Mejia, and Raghunathpur Thermal Power stations. 

The deadline for bid submission was August 22, 2022. However, SECI has now extended the deadline for submissions to August 30, 2022, by 1400 hours.

The scope of work of this tender includes design & engineering, procurement & supply of equipment and materials, testing at manufacturers' works, multi-level inspections, packing and forwarding, supply, receipt, unloading, and storage at site, associated civil works, services, permits, licenses, installation and incidentals, insurance at all stages, erection, testing and commissioning of 30 MW (AC) Grid Interactive floating Solar PV Power Plant. Along with the performance demonstration with associated equipment and materials on a turnkey basis at different Premises of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), in Jharkhand and West Bengal State along with 10 (Ten) years of comprehensive operation and maintenance from the date of commissioning or Operational Acceptance, whichever is later. 

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Bidders can view/download this 30 MW Floating Solar plant tender documents and technical specifications here.

Earlier, SECI had floated a tender for the manufacturing, testing, packing, forwarding, supply, and transportation of 1680 MW domestically manufactured Solar PV Modules with domestically manufactured Solar Cells. 

The deadline for bid submission was August 19, 2022, which was extended to August 24. However, on the 24th of August, the date for bid submission was again extended to the 7th of September 2022.

In this tender, 1680 MW worth of PV Modules (Domestically Manufactured Solar Cells) will be purchased, excluding the mandatory spares. The total capacity is broken down into 04 (four) packages, each of which has 420 MWp. The bidder may submit a bid for either a single package, or 420 MW, or up to two packages, or 840 MWp. The maximum number of MWp that a bidder may quote is 840 MW, and no quotes for intermediate package capacities are permitted.

Bidders can view/download this 1680 MWp worth of PV Modules  tender documents and technical specifications here.

Earlier, this year (in July) SECI cancelled three solar tenders with a total capacity of 166 MW. The three tenders include 100 MW solar tender of Getalsud Dam, Ranchi, 44 MW & 22 MW solar tender of The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL).