82. UJVNL packages river diversion, tunnelling and powerhouse into single Rs 87.90 crore Tankul hydro contract
UJVN Limited has invited online bids for constructing the 12 MW Tankul small hydro project in Pithoragarh, combining trench weir, intake, river diversion, desilting tank, tunnel, surge shaft, powerhouse and hydro-mechanical works in one mandate. The submission deadline has moved by 25 days through two extensions alongside two corrigenda, signalling the package required correction before closure. Bidders must price geological uncertainty, river behaviour and remote Himalayan logistics into a compact contract value. The project's execution complexity far exceeds its modest installed capacity.

83. BSPGCL couples 150 MW solar with 75 MW/300 MWh battery in tariff-based bid with capacity-linked EMD
Bihar State Power Generation Company has issued an NIT to develop 150 MW of solar PV integrated with a four-hour battery system through tariff-based competitive bidding followed by e-reverse auction. The EMD scales at Rs 14.24 lakh per MW quoted, discouraging speculative capacity offers, while the original bid-security instrument must physically reach BSPGCL despite an otherwise digital process. Battery degradation, augmentation and charging rules — central to project economics — are left to the detailed documents. The outcome could set an early state benchmark for solar-plus-storage pricing.

84. HPSEBL seeks Rs 3.72 crore project management consultant under QCBS — then adds a reverse auction
HPSEBL has floated an RFP for a project management agency to support its reforms-linked distribution scheme, deploying 246 expert man-months across engineering review, field monitoring and funding-claim support, with the deadline extended by ten days. Selection follows a 70:30 quality-cost formula, yet the notice simultaneously announces an e-reverse auction — an unresolved structural clash. A Rs 70 crore annual turnover threshold towers over the modest assignment value, favouring large national consultancies. HPSEBL also retains the right to double expert deployment in every category, shifting staffing risk onto the consultant.

85. OCPL hands one consultant the entire blueprint for its 5 MTPA Manoharpur coal washery
Odisha Coal and Power Limited is appointing a single adviser to prepare the DPR, washability study, CAPEX-OPEX-IRR modelling and the complete EPC tender architecture for a proposed 5 MTPA coal washery, with the deadline extended by 18 days after the original schedule lapsed. The washability study must run through one of six named institutions, tying a core milestone to external laboratories. Joint ventures are barred, concentrating all credentials in one entity, while least cost selection meets a strict abnormally-low-bid clause that can exclude aggressive quoters from retenders. The 120-day programme leaves little slack for approval cycles.

86. GSECL's Rs 4.73 crore covered-conductor retrofit at Ukai TPS carries a 36-month owner-controlled execution horizon
GSECL has floated an open three-stage e-tender to replace 16 km of exposed 11 kV conductors at Ukai Thermal Power Station with medium-voltage covered conductors, including eight double-pole air-break switch structures and dismantling of old lines, as an indivisible supply-plus-works package. Supply must finish in six months, but the work order stays valid for 36 months — extendable by six more at unchanged prices. Thirty per cent of supply value remains locked until successful charging, tying contractor cashflow to shutdown availability. With no guaranteed work-release schedule, bidders are pricing a long-duration call-off obligation, not a fixed-schedule job.

87. MSEDCL extends commencement window but holds commercial line on Rs 130.38 crore STAR-II transformer buy
MSEDCL has issued Amendment No. 1 with pre-bid clarifications on its tender for 200 kVA STAR-II CRGO distribution transformers, extending the commencement period from two to three months while keeping the nine-month delivery schedule intact. Manufacturer requests for revised estimated cost, IEEMA price variation, relaxed experience thresholds and softer security terms were all rejected, while BEE certification was confirmed as not required for 22 kV units. The amendment signals selective operational flexibility without commercial concession. Certification-heavy entry barriers remain firmly in place for smaller suppliers.

88. POWERGRID engages exclusive land valuer for 219 km transmission corridor in Morbi under package-wise GeM bid
POWERGRID has invited a two-packet GeM bid to appoint a land valuer for transmission-line corridors in Morbi district under Package-7, covering roughly 219 km, with the consultant certifying survey-number-wise market rates for compensation and acquisition. The valuer must work exclusively for POWERGRID and is barred from representing any other project stakeholder — a stronger conflict-management measure than routine consultancy tenders carry. The district-wise package model spreads work across Gujarat while limiting how many packages one bidder can secure. The tender treats land valuation as project-critical infrastructure work rather than conventional advisory service.

89. NREDCAP offers 22-year DBFOT concession for Rs 324.70 crore Vijayawada waste-to-energy plant
NREDCAP, acting for Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and participating urban bodies, has issued an RFP for a private concessionaire to design, build, finance, operate and transfer a 15 MW municipal-waste-based power plant under a 22-year concession including two years of construction. The Rs 3.24 crore EMD and qualification framework point toward experienced infrastructure developers rather than general EPC contractors. Financing strategy and long-term operating assumptions will matter more than EPC pricing in determining competitiveness. The structure reflects a policy preference for private lifecycle ownership of complex municipal processing assets.

810. NTPC Ramagundam to double transformer capacity with 500 MVA units under integrated 30-month contract
NTPC has invited domestic bids to replace two 250 MVA auto transformers at Ramagundam with 500 MVA interconnecting units, bundling design, manufacture, transport, oil treatment, erection and commissioning into one accountability chain over 30 months. An unusual clause forces installation pricing into a 10–15% band of supply value, blocking payment-structure engineering. Loss penalties reach Rs 10 lakh per kW for no-load deviation — with no reward for overperformance — while the variable-price contract offers only narrow escalation relief. A Rs 1 crore bid security applies with no MSE exemption.

811. BHEL's 400 kV GIS package for Yamuna Nagar loads firm pricing, reverse auction and long-tail liabilities onto suppliers
BHEL is procuring a complete 400 kV gas-insulated switchgear installation for HPGCL's 800 MW ultra-supercritical expansion at Yamuna Nagar, with the deadline extended twice after a technical corrigendum rewrote testing, transport, packing and scope-boundary provisions. Prices stay firm across a 12-month supply cycle, while the 18-month warranty starts only after project trial operation — a milestone outside the supplier's control. Entire specification clauses were deleted without replacement, creating interpretation gaps, and packing must survive 24 months of outdoor monsoon exposure. Impact recorders must trace every shock from factory to site, with a reverse auction awaiting qualified vendors.

812. NTPC Talcher Kaniha's Rs 84.81 crore ash-backfilling contract pays only the lower of two measurements
NTPC has floated a GeM bid restricted to its enlisted ash-transport vendors for excavating, hauling and compacting ash from Talcher Kaniha into quarries and mine voids 50–100 km away, under a 12-month contract splittable 50:50 between two bidders. Payment follows the lower of dispatch-end or filling-site measurement, and every truck movement needs weighbridge, GPS, FASTag, toll and geotagged photo evidence uploaded daily — incomplete records mean withheld payment. A quantity mismatch between the scope figure and doubled BOQ entries demands careful reconciliation. Regulatory penalties on NTPC flow back entirely to the contractor, converting a transport job into a full land-reclamation obligation.

813. AEGCL's fixed-price 220 kV line for TATA semiconductor plant transfers all design-modification costs to the contractor
Assam Electricity Grid Corporation has published a turnkey tender for a 220 kV Sonapur-TSAT double-circuit line providing redundant power to the TATA semiconductor facility, spanning overhead line, underground cable, optical fibre and commissioning under single-point responsibility within 24 months. There is no advance payment and no escalation: AEGCL supplies the base design, but site-driven modifications — special towers, pile foundations, raised chimneys — must be executed at zero additional cost. The warranty runs five years from supply or four-and-a-half from commissioning, whichever is later, with liquidated damages at 1% per week up to 10%. Payments can take 60 days, subject to fund availability.

814. Powergrid caps land valuers at one package each across ten-district Gujarat valuation drive
Powergrid has issued a GeM bid for an IBBI-recognised land valuer covering 246 tower locations across 91.74 km spanning three transmission SPVs in Vadodara district, one of ten sequentially opened packages, with every assignment due within 15 days of intimation. A "one agency, one package" rule prevents any single firm from dominating, while packages with three or fewer bidders jump the price-opening queue. No escalation applies, quantities can swing 25% either way, and the bid summary denies arbitration even as attached conditions prescribe a full arbitration regime. Consistency across multiple independent valuers remains the unaddressed governance risk.

815. JREDA opens Jharkhand's 16-site hydro pipeline to solar, wind and thermal players through eligibility rewrite
JREDA has issued an EOI to identify developers for small hydro projects across 16 Jharkhand sites under the BOOT model, beginning with surveys and DPRs before full development, financing and long-term operation. Corrigendum-I broke the hydro-only entry barrier: any 5 MW DISCOM PPA — solar, wind or thermal — now qualifies, provided the bidder operates a plant in the supplying state, with the deadline extended by 14 days. A Rs 50 crore turnover floor screens for balance-sheet depth over technical pedigree. Concession terms, tariffs and free-power obligations are deferred entirely to the RfP stage, making second-stage evaluation the critical safeguard.

816. UJVNL's Sirkari Bhyol hydro tender swells 53% to Rs 243 crore through twenty corrigenda
UJVN Limited's EPC tender for the electromechanical works of the 3x40 MW Sirkari Bhyol Rupsiabagar project has been transformed through twenty corrigenda and seven addenda: the estimated value jumped 53% to Rs 243.05 crore, the EMD rose to Rs 4.87 crore, and every qualification threshold was rewritten upward. Technical access simultaneously widened through a fifteen-year experience window, more approved component makes and flexible efficiency testing, even as financial entry tightened. Himalayan logistics, construction power and site utilities stay contractor-facing despite repeated bidder requests for relief. Bidders must hold prices for 270 days on a package still being stabilised months after publication.