The target of the National Solar Mission is an installed capacity of 40,000 MW of rooftop solar photovoltaic by 2022. The official statistics of the MNRE show that the currently installed capacity is around 2,800 MW. The State Governments and the respective electricity regulatory commissions have announced suitable policy and regulatory framework for promotion of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems. Despite all that the growth in the solar rooftop sector has been sluggish. To provide impetus to the RTPV sector development, MNRE and some States have recently announced new subsidy schemes.

MNRE has recently announced the Phase-II of the grid connected solar rooftop PV scheme where the subsidy is available only for the domestic category consumers and the beneficiaries will be given subsidy of 40% up to 3KW and subsidy of 20% for system of 3 to 10 KW. The guidelines for implementation of the scheme are under preparation and will be announced very soon.

In order to make the process of interconnection more efficient and effective, several measures are required to be taken. Along with capacity building of the field level staff of the licensee, it is also important to support the entire process through information and technology.

German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing Indo-German Solar partnership project (IGSP). Under this ToR GIZ aims to develop, implement and maintain an IT tool for implementation of the schemes announced by MNRE and the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.:

a. Replace the lengthy and cumbersome physical procedure with an efficient, effective and online procedure for State Nodal Agency for undertaking the following steps
                  i. interconnection with distribution network
                  ii. availing subsidy from the State Government and
                  iii. to take any other approval/ clearance
b. Train / educate the staff of the distribution licensee(s) to support the implementation of rooftop solar systems in their area

Please refer to the bidding conditions and follow the instructions carefully.

The detailed documentation with regards to this call for proposals includes –

• The Terms of Reference for the Assignment
• Assessing eligibility of firms
• The Technical Evaluation Grid
• Bidding Conditions
• The General Terms & Conditions of Contracts

Tender timelines are:

• Posting date :: 15^th July, 2020
• Deadline to receive queries :: 21^st July, 2020
• Clarifications to the queries :: 27^th July, 2020
• The deadline for submission of proposal :: 4^th August, 2020

F.A.Q

GIZ reserves the right to cancel/modify this tender and /or reject a bid document including subsequently a technical and financial proposal, without assigning any reasons.