Bangladesh tenders 50MW solar plant
The Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh is tendering for a World Bank-financed 50MW solar plant at Sonagazi in the Feni district with a pre-bid meeting organised on 20 January.
Bidders for the project, which has received a $74 million loan from the World Bank’s Scaling Solar program, have until 27 February to submit their proposals.
Interested developers must offer $1.5 million as bid security from a commercial bank in an eligible country. The tender stipulates a maximum of three partners in any joint bid.
The successful bidder will be responsible for facilities including the power evacuation system, transmission lines, a bay extension at the Mirsarai 230kV substation and related civil works such as a dam or dyke.
Interested developers must have power plant experience as a contractor, sub-contractor or management contractor for at least five years before the bid submission deadline. If that experience is as a contractor, bidders must have conducted at least two $30 million-plus contracts since January 2010 which were similar to the proposed 50 MW Sonagazi plant and its associated works. The tender document further specified bidders should have experience of completing 30 MWp or higher solar power plants connected with a public grid network, with at least one project having been in operation for at least two years.
