Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-11-18
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 75211200
Estimated value: 1499872 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Government of India is aiming for an exponential increase in the installation of renewable energy systems in the country including 100 GW capacity of grid connected solar power by 2022 out of which 40 GW shall is targeted on rooftop. In March 2018, the cumulative installed capacity of rooftop photovoltaic (RTPV) systems was around 1 063 MW. The system costs for PV have dropped sharply in recent year, which means that they are already competitive in market segments where electricity tariffs are high, e.g. in trade and industry, substantiated by the fact that the subsidies have been removed in this sector. There is considerable public awareness, a strong political will and a concerted effort on the part of the administration. The technical standards and norms have been set and the regulatory framework for connecting and operating rooftop PV systems has been fully developed (model regulations).
A large number of publicly visible rooftop systems, e.g. at sports stadiums and metro stations, are operational and are generating power. There is high volume of low interest rate financing lines, specifically for rooftop solar, existing from all major multilaterals including WB, ADB and KfW. Yet, the annual rate of expansion is not enough to achieve the target set for 2022. RE expansion is not as rapid as it should be (core problem).
The key challenges for large scale uptake, mainly from residential consumers, are lack of awareness on the benefits of adopting solar, the process of application, installer selection, the metering and billing mechanisms and how to operate and maintain the systems. A potential case to address these challenges is by aggregating the demand and fast-tracking the entire process of solar system installation by providing one-stop solution to consumer apprehension on techno-commercial-process aspects of installing rooftop solar systems.
The objective of the assignment is to achieve demand aggregation of 1000 MW of grid connected rooftop photovoltaic power plants in ten smart cities among all consumer segments leading to up to100 MW of either installed or under construction capacity.
The module objective of the project is ‘The expansion of rooftop PV systems in selected states in India is stepped up.’ The relevant output for this tender states ‘Municipal actors satisfy the conditions needed to take decisions on accelerating the installation of additional rooftop PV systems.’ The respective indicator is ‘In 5 selected municipal areas (e.g. in the smart and/or solar cities of Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore, Kochi or other cities), the actors (e.g. municipal corporations, licensing authorities, local enterprises) have each received 3 recommendations for supporting the expansion of rooftop PV systems (e.g. building regulations, procedures, permissions, local taxes and fees) and a decision is awaited.’
The duration of the contract is from 12/2018 until 09/2020. The contract has a volume of up to 1 500 000 EUR.
According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition, application for re-examination is not permissible insofar as:
1) The applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the contract award regulations before submitting the application for re-examination and has not submitted a complaint to the commissioning party within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the period pursuant to Article 134, Section 2 remains unaffected;
2) Complaints of infringements of contract award regulations that are evident in the notice are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application specified in the notice or by the deadline for the submission of bids;
3) Complaints of infringements of contract award regulations that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the commissioning party at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or for the submission of bids;
4) More than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the notification from the commissioning party that it is unwilling to redress the complaint.


Winner: Association The Cadmus Group LLC — The Energy and Resources Institute
Award value: 1499872
Number of bids: 5