Jharkhand to Install 11,000 LED Solar Streetlights Across the State

Source: mercomindia.com

The Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) has issued a tender for setting up LED solar streetlights across the state on a turnkey basis.

The bid submission deadline is August 19, 2019. The opening date for technical bids is August 21, 2019.

The scope of work for the tender includes the supply, installation, testing, and commissioning including five years of comprehensive maintenance contract for LED solar street lighting systems with lithium ferro phosphate batteries. The project will be executed at various locations across the state. A total of 11,000 streetlights will be deployed under this project.

The contract will be awarded over a 12-month duration. The project has to be completed over a six-month period. The estimated cost of the project is ₹175.56 million (~$2.55 million).

The earnest money deposit (EMD) for this tender is ₹159,600 (~$2,319.80) for a lot size of 500 LED streetlights. Those bidders who quote for higher numbers of streetlights would need to submit EMD in relevant proportions. The last date for submitting earnest money deposit is August 20, 2019.

The applicant bidding for the project should fulfill certain technical conditions. The bidder should be a Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) approved channel partner, manufacturer or system integrator. The bidder should have a registered manufacturing company or corporation of India (including medium sized enterprises (MSEs) of Jharkhand) manufacturing one of the major components of solar streetlight systems. The authorized dealers and subcontractors are not eligible to take part in this tender.

Bidders should have an annual turnover of at least 25% of their bid capacity derived from the last three financial years ending on March 31, 2018 or 2019. On the other hand, for micro small and medium enterprises, the average annual turnover of 10% of the bid capacity is required.

Solar streetlights are an intelligent way of revamping public spaces in the country. In the recent years, various state governments along with the center have introduced tenders and programs to encourage such initiatives.

In December 2018, the MNRE had received the approval to launch phase II of Atal Jyoti Yojna (AJAY) during the financial year 2018-19 and 2019-20. The ministry had also received ₹500 million (~$7.13 million) to meet the pending liabilities of phase I of the program. Under the phase II of AJAY, 304,500 solar streetlights are expected to be installed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Eastern states including Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, and parliamentary constituencies covering 48 aspirational districts.

Recently, the Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited also issued a tender for the supply, installation, and commissioning of 20,000 off-grid solar LED streetlights across the country.

EESL Issues Tender for LED Street Lights in Gram Panchayats of Jharkhand

Source: saurenergy.com

The Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Union Ministry of Power, GoI, has issued a tender inviting bid for 24W LED Street Lights contract for all Gram Panchayats in the state of Jharkhand.

This tender was issued under EESL’s Street Light National Programme (SLNP).

The scope of tender includes designing, manufacturing, testing, supplying and five years on-site warranty of 24W LED Street Lights and other related works for all Gram Panchayats in Jharkhand.

Furthermore, a part of financing received from KFW Development Bank will be used for payment under this contract.

KFW has provided finance to India for the cost of project called Energy Efficiency in Energy Intensive Sectors (EESL II).

As per the bidding document, international competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with KFW’s ‘Single Stage: Two-Envelope’ bidding procedure and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries.

The tender issuing body said that, in order to participate in the bidding under this invitation for bids, all interested bidders have to necessarily register themselves on the EESL portal i.e. https://eesl.eproc.in.

For the cost of bidding, the bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of its bid, and the purchaser shall in no case be responsible or liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process.

Meanwhile, the bids will be submitted comprising two envelopes simultaneously, one envelope containing the technical bid while the other envelope containing the price bid; and both the envelopes enclosed together in an outer single envelope.