Ashis Parida August 12, 2019The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has issued a tender to set up 1,200 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected solar projects anywhere in India.
A tender has been issued by The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to set up 1,200 MW of Interstate Transmission System (ISTS) linked to solar projects anyplace in India. From August 14, 2019, the documents related to the tender will be made accessible.
The deadline for submitting the bid has been kept as on September 2, 2019, and on the same date, the technical bids will be opened up.
The bidders need to accompany their bids with an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of Rs. 4,00,000 (~$ 5,625)/MW. The bidders qualifying requirements will be specified in the FRS document which will be released later on
The NTPC, a Navratna organization, has issued various tenders in the past; however, some of them have not gotten a foreseen reaction from bidders.
Under the Central Public Sector Undertaking Program Phase II, Tranche-1, the deadline for 1 MW of solar project has been extended by the NTPC. August 16, 2019, has been selected as the new deadline for the submission of the bids. Prior, the bid submission was stretched out to July 25, 2019, from July 15, 2019.
The organization needed to broaden the bid submission due date for its 1.2 GW solar tender in western India after an upper duty top set by the NTPC failed to pull in bidders.
Additionally, the NTPC has retendered and welcomed new bids for a 20 MW floating solar project. The undertaking is to be built up at the supply of NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Project at Dibiyabpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Before a few weeks, the NTPC likewise issued tenders welcoming applications from qualified merchants for the selection of Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) bidders to construct a floating or ground-mounted solar PV projects that extends between 10-50 MW limit.
