According to the notice, the last date of bid submission is extended till May 31, 2019 (till 1600 hours).
On Tuesday, state-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) again extended the bids submission deadline for manufacturing-linked 3-gigawatt (GW) solar power tender till May 31. On April 22, SECI had extended the last date of bid submission for tender till May 14.
“This has reference to the RfS (request for selection) selection of solar power developers for setting up of 3 GW ISTS (interstate transmission system)-connected solar PV power plant linked setting up of 1.5 GW (per annum) solar manufacturing plant under global competitive bidding (phase-II),” a SECI notice on its website said.
Mutiple deadlines
According to the notice, the last date of bid submission is extended till May 31, 2019 (till 1600 hours). The techno-commercial bid opening shall be carried out from 1700 hours on the same day.
SECI had floated the fresh tender for the 3-GW manufacturing-linked solar power tender in January this year. Initially, the bidders were to submit their bids by March 18. SECI had extended deadline for bid submission to April 4, from March 18. Again, the deadline was extended from till April 22.