The Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited (TSREDCO) has rolled out a tender for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of solar PV water pumping systems across the state. The tender has been announced under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission’s (JNNSM) off-grid and decentralized solar applications program and is supported by the MNRE.
According to TRESDCO, the size of solar water pumping system can be 3 horsepower (HP), 5 HP or 7.5 HP. To be eligible to participate in this tender, the bidders must be registered for manufacturing solar PV cells, modules, motor-pump sets, or solar pump inverters. In addition, solar PV system integrators registered with TSREDCO for the year 2018-19 are eligible to submit bids for the tender. In the past three years, the bidders should also have an average turnover of at least Rs 10 million and an experience of supplying, installing, testing, and commissioning at least five solar pump sets under any government programme in the country.