Indian Oil looks to solarise its fuel retail outlets, invites EoI for vendor empanelment

• The Punjab state office of IOCL covers Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh

• The scope of work includes the design, engineering, testing, supply, packing, forwarding, transporting, unloading, storage, installation, and commissioning of the projects

New Delhi: State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is planning to solarise its fuel retail outlets, a tender floated by the oil marketing company (OMC) showed. The state-run fuel has invited expression of interest (EoI) for empanelment of vendors or lump-sum turnkey contractors for executing solar projects at its retail outlets under Punjab state office. The Punjab state office of IOCL covers Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The last date for submission of bids is September 11. The interested bidders will have to pay a processing fee of Rs 2,500.

Indian Oil to solarise retail outlets: Scope of work for bidders

The scope of work for bidders includes the design, engineering, testing, supply, packing, forwarding, transporting, unloading, storage, installation, and commissioning of the projects on lump-sum turnkey mode. Comprehensive operation and maintenance services of at least one year must also be provided for these projects. The eligibility criteria laid down by Indian Oil requires bidders to have an annual turnover of at least Rs 84 lakh in the last three financial years.

They should have also installed and commissioned solar projects with a cumulative capacity of at least 150 KW in India in the last three years. Bidders should have completed a minimum of 50 KW of similar projects. Of these, at least one project should be over 25 KW in size. Alternatively, bidders can also have two projects of 15 KW each, three projects of 10 KW each or 10 projects of 3 KW each.

The backdrop

The new tender comes after two tenders floated by IOC for 580 KW of grid-connected rooftop captive solar power projects at its terminals in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. One was for a 180 KW project at an Indian Oil terminal at Sankari, Tamil Nadu, and the other was for a 400 KW project at the Indian Oil Grease Plant in Vashi district, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Also read: IOC, NTPC & SDMC to develop waste-to-energy facilities at Okhla landfill site

Among other green energy initiatives taken by India Oil is a waste-to-energy project at the Okhla landfill site in Delhi. In June, Indian Oil, NTPC Limited and SDMC had signed a tripartite MoU for the development of waste-to-energy facilities at SDMC's landfill site in Okhla. As per the MoU, SDMC would provide 1-acre land on lease at the landfill site, while IOC and NTPC will invest 50 percent each towards setting up and operating the facilities.

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