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. This new scheme is being implemented through the State power distribution companies and the State Discoms. Gujarat is leading State in implementation of MNRE Rooftop Phase 2 scheme. A lot of subsidized installation requests are received on Discom Portal each day. There is a need for pre-dispatch inspection of the equipment. Given the large number of suppliers and EPC players, it is crucial to digitalize the process of pre-dispatch inspection. GUVNL also intends to develop a query handling portal on the unified portal so that the grievances of the consumers can be addressed on a fast-track basis without any delays. GUVNVL is committed towards achieving the targets for solar rooftop implementation and all of these digitalization initiatives are proof of the intent of GUVNL. GUVNL has requested GIZ to support development of the following modules:

• Interest capturing module on the USRP
• Online Pre-dispatch and post installation inspection tool
• Fund management module
• Query handling module
• Third-party Inspection handbook

German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing Indo-German Solar partnership project (IGSP). Under IGSEP, the key objective is to support the installation of the solar rooftop PV systems across the States allocated to GIZ by MNRE.

GIZ proposes to engage a competent national agency for Technical Assistance to GUVNL on Unified Portal for processing the solar rooftop applications in the State of Gujarat, as per attached Terms of Reference.

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

The detailed documentation includes –

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

Tender timelines are:

• Posting date - 31^st August, 2020
• Per – bid queries to be sent by bidders – 6^th September, 2020
• FAQ to be uploaded on web portals – 11^th September, 2020
• Deadline to receive queries on audit proof mailbox – 21^st September, 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.