SECI Amends Bid Deadline for 5 MW Solar Plant at Tuticorin Port

• SECI has prolonged the bid submission deadline for its tender for the 5 MW solar PV plant at the V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust in Tuticorin

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has introduced that it has actually expanded the bid entry due date for its tender for the appointing of a 5 MW grid-connected solar PV power plant at the V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

The last day for bid entry has actually been prolonged from August 21, 2020, to September 4, 2020, and also the techno-commercial bids will certainly currently be opened on the brand-new bid target date day.

SECI had issued the tender for the 5 MW solar plant in very early July.

VOCPT (previously Tuticorin Port Trust) is one of the 13 major ports in India as well as likewise the second-largest port in Tamil Nadu and fourth-largest container terminal in India. And also it wants to apply environment-friendly energy projects using establishing a 5 MW solar plant at the port. The project will certainly leap VOCPT towards the use of green power by providing means to autonomous and also economical energy which would certainly capitalise the abundance of solar energy.

The scope of help the chosen prospective buyers will include the style, engineering, supply, building, erection, testing and commissioning of the solar power plant at the port. The designers will also be called for to offer comprehensive operation as well as upkeep solutions for the plant for a duration of 10 years from the day of successful commissioning. The O&M obligations will include the supply as well as storage of all mandatory extra parts, consumables, repair work/ replacement of any defective equipment, and so on

The bidders are also called for to submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 44.8 lakh along with their bids.

To be qualified for taking part in the bidding procedure, the bidder must have experience in EPC implementation of ground-mounted solar projects on turnkey basis consisting of design, supply (supply of modules and also inverters can be comprehensive or special in the prospective buyer's extent in the past experience), installment as well as appointing of collective capacity not less than 3 MW in last 7 financial years. However, such capacity has to have been in sufficient operation for a minimum of six months prior to the last day of bid submission. (There are other courses for bidders to go into the bidding process).

Financially, the Minimum Average Annual Turnover (MAAT) of the bidder in the last 3 fiscal years (i.e. FY 2016-2017, 2017-18 as well as 2018-19) ought to be Rs 8.96 crore, together with a positive net worth. Furthermore, the prospective buyer should have a minimum working capital of Rs 5.6 crore.