Under the partnership of centre and Rajasthan government, Rajasthan Electronics and Devices (REIL) has issued a tender to empanel businesses to determine places, set up, function & preserve 738 electrical car (EV) charging stations throughout India.
The final date to submit the bids on-line is October 6, 2022.
Bids shall be opened the next day.
The charging stations allotted to REIL by the Division of Heavy Industries (DHI) are to be put in in two classes, A & B. They are going to be supported for subsidy underneath FAME India, Part-II program.
Class A covers charging stations established in public locations for industrial functions to cost EVs and can be found to any particular person with none restrictions for charging their automobiles.
Class B contains charging stations established inside the premises of a state or central authorities’ workplace complicated, authorities hospitals/clinics/dispensaries, authorities instructional establishments, or another public workplace for non-commercial use.
The empaneled company must furnish a financial institution assure for a sum equal to 10% of the entire price of all class A and B sort chargers to be put in for the allotted teams as a efficiency financial institution assure. The efficiency assure will stay legitimate for as much as ten years from the contract’s signing date.
REIL has segregated the allotted cities for the set up of EV charging stations into three teams, Teams 2, 3, and 4.
The overall variety of charging stations allotted underneath Group 2 is 284, which incorporates 159 gradual charging stations and 125 quick charging stations in 12 cities.
Underneath Group 3, 215 EV charging stations are to be put in, together with 107 gradual charging stations and 108 quick charging stations in eight cities.
EV charging stations totaling 239 – 185 gradual charging stations and 54 quick charging stations should be put in in 14 cities underneath Group 4.
The empaneled company will put money into the event of upstream electrical infrastructure for the charging stations resembling transformer, cabling, load enhancement, a brand-new electrical connection from the distribution firm (DISCOM), and recurring bills resembling information prices, upkeep, and workforce for operation.
To be eligible, the bidders ought to have expertise within the car sector, together with e-mobility, or within the enterprise and operation of EV charging infrastructure. They need to have expertise in cellular utility growth, the know-how of data know-how, and will have skilled IT workforce and IT infrastructure amenities.
Additionally, bidders ought to have sound monetary circumstances and the potential to speculate at the very least ₹200 million (~$2.51 million) within the EV charging infrastructure enterprise.
Bidders should even have an all-India help community to function the EV charging infrastructure.
REIL will switch the possession of the charging station to the empaneled company for ten years from the set up date of the charging stations.