NTPC Renewable Energy has opened the bidding process for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of a 300 MW grid-connected solar project in Goa, India.
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Bids are to be submitted by August 26, 2025, with the same date set for opening. An earnest money deposit of INR 200 million is required from participating bidders.
The selected contractor will handle the design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of the solar project. Operation and maintenance (O&M) services will also be required for three years. Bidders must secure and transfer ownership or lease encumbrance-free land and arrange grid connectivity at the designated substations.
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Technical and EPC requirements
The project scope includes site levelling, vegetation clearance, topographical survey, geotechnical investigations, foundation construction, and erection of solar module mounting structures. Contractors will arrange construction power and water, build inverter rooms with associated low and high-tension switchgear, and install string inverters with pre-engineered switchgear rooms.
Additionally, the project requires constructing an extra high-voltage (EHV) switchyard with power transformers, a control and monitoring center, protection, communication, and automation systems, along with an EHV transmission system up to the interconnecting grid substation. Contractors must perform EPC works for the power evacuation system, telemetry, performance testing, module cleaning systems, supervisory control, dynamic reactive power compensation equipment, and harmonic filters.
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Eligibility and past experience requirements
Bidders must have experience in designing, supplying, erecting, and commissioning solar projects with a minimum cumulative capacity of 40 MW, including at least one project of 10 MW or more that has been operational for six months prior to bid opening. Alternatively, developers who have completed projects meeting the same criteria are also eligible.
Bidders must also have executed at least one electrical substation of 33 kV or higher voltage, including circuit breakers and power transformers, operational for six months to one year. Indian companies that are part of a group, holding, or subsidiary meeting these requirements are also eligible.
Financial criteria include an average annual turnover of INR 2.06 billion (~USD23.54 million) and a net worth equal to 100% of paid-up share capital.
Previous NTPC solar tenders
This follows NTPC REL’s May 2025 tender for a 245 MW solar project at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, reflecting the company’s ongoing expansion of renewable energy capacity across India.
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