NHPC Invites Bids for 200 MW Solar PV Power Project in Khavda, Gujarat

NHPC Limited has invited online bids through Domestic Competitive Bidding in a Single Stage-Two Part Bidding Basis (Part-I: QR + Technical Bid and Part-II: Financial Bid) with an e-Reverse Auction (e-RA) for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. 

This contract is for the design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing, and commissioning of a 200 MW grid-connected Solar PV Power Project in Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited's (GSECL) RE Solar Park at Khavda (Stage 3), Gujarat. The contract also includes comprehensive operation and maintenance (O&M) for five years.

The cost of the bid document is INR 20,000, which must be paid via demand draft from a nationalized or scheduled bank in favor of NHPC Ltd., payable at Faridabad. The bid security (EMD) is INR 7,80,00,000. The bid validity period is 120 days from the last date of submission of online bids.

The bid submission start date is June 14, 2024, and the bid submission end date is June 28, 2024. The bids will be opened on July 3, 2024.

The EPC part of the contract, including the commissioning period, must be completed within 12 months from the date of the Notification of Award. The O&M part will last for five years from the project's commissioning date.

According to the Technical Criteria, the bidder should have designed, supplied, erected, and commissioned Solar PV grid-connected power plants with a cumulative installed capacity of 40 MW or higher, including at least one plant of 10 MW or more.

Alternatively, the bidder should be a developer of Solar PV grid-connected power plants with a cumulative installed capacity of 40 MW or higher, with at least one plant of 10 MW or more.

As another option, the bidder should have executed, in the last ten years, either as a developer or as an EPC contractor in the process industry or infrastructure development, a single work with a minimum value of INR 150 crores. Additionally, the bidder should have executed at least one electrical sub-station of 33 kV or above voltage level, consisting of equipment such as 33 kV or above voltage level circuit breakers and power transformers, which should have been in successful operation for at least one year prior to the last date of submission of the bid.

As per the Financial Criteria the average annual turnover of the bidder in the preceding three years should be not less than INR 225 crores.

The net worth of the bidder should be positive on the closing day of any three financial years out of the last five years. The working capital (current assets minus current liabilities) should be at least INR 125 crores.