Tender for 4 MW floating solar project in West Bengal floated by SAIL
Bids submission deadline is December 30, 2021 for tender of 4 MW floating solar project development at IISCO Steel Plant of SAIL in West Bengal.
A tender has been floated by the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) inviting bids for development of a 4 MW floating solar project in the state of West Bengal.
The project is to be developed on a turnkey basis at IISCO Steel Plant in the Paschim Bardhaman district of the state. Now merged with SAIL, the IISCO Steel Plant, formerly called Indian Iron and Steel Company, is one of the country’s first integrated steel plants.
Important Dates: The deadline for submitting bids is December 30, 2021. A bid opening will take place on the same day. A pre-bid meeting will be held on December 13.
Scope of Work: Under the scope of work, a 4 MW floating solar project is to be designed, engineered, manufactured, supplied, erected, tested, and fully commissioned by the successful bidder. Additionally, comprehensive operations and maintenance services are to be provided by the bidder for five years following the commissioning.
Also, for remote monitoring and control of solar panels, the bidder is required to install a remote operation monitoring and Human Machine Interface (HMI) system, and integrate it with a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Upon contract award, the project must be commissioned within 12 months.
Other Tender Details: Crystalline silicon technology modules with at least 72 cells per module and a wattage of 330 W or more should be used for the project.
The successful bidder must submit a performance bank guarantee of 3% of the contract value, including GST. Bank guarantees can be issued by any scheduled commercial bank in India, but the issuing institution must have a branch in Asansol or Burnpur, in West Bengal.
In order to qualify, bidders must have installed and commissioned two floating solar projects with a capacity of at least 2 MW or at least one floating solar project above 3 MW capacity in the last seven years.
In addition to having a positive net worth in the last financial year, the average annual turnover of the bidding company must not have been less than INR60 million during the last three financial years.
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