SECI again extends bid submission deadline for 3 solar PV projects in Telangana

• The bid submission deadlines for the three different tenders have been extended from May to June

• SECI had earlier announced the extension in the project bid deadlines for all the projects in April

New Delhi: State-run SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) has extended the bid submission deadline for three solar PV project tenders which were supposed to be built at SCCL Telangana for a second time, a notification posted on its website showed. The tenders for which the bid submission deadlines have been extended are: 34 MW (AC) ground-based plant for different packages, 32 MW (AC) OB Dump based plant for different packages, and the tender for 15 MW (AC) floating solar plant. All the three tenders were for SCCL in Telangana.

SECI extends bid submission deadline for 3 tenders to June

The tender for the design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing, commissioning, and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of 34 MW (AC) ground-based solar PV power plant for different packages at SCCL has been extended from May 13 to June 12, the notification said.

The deadline for the tender for the design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing, commissioning and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of 32 MW (AC) OB Dump based solar PV power plant for different packages at SCCL has been extended from May 15 to June 15. For the tender for the design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing, commissioning and O&M of a 15 MW (AC) floating solar PV power plant for different packages at SCCL, the deadline has been extended from May 18 to June 17. 

The backdrop

SECI had earlier announced the extension in the project bid deadlines for all the projects in April. It had then issued another notification, asking bidders to submit their pre-bid queries online.