Solar body seeks Centre’s intervention in UP’s mishandling of tender

Stating that the builders have been eager to implement the undertaking and had therefore accepted the request of UPNEDA to increase the bid interval validity to allow it to challenge the LoIs, the letter states that the present validity of the EMDs is until June 30, 2021.

The Nationwide Photo voltaic Vitality Federation of India (NSEFI), an umbrella organisation for photo voltaic vitality stakeholders in India, has drawn the eye of Union energy minister RK Singh to the challenges being confronted by photo voltaic builders in Uttar Pradesh, the place secured bids had been cancelled with none “legitimate motive”.

Looking for the minister’s intervention in directing the Uttar Pradesh authorities to retract the letter despatched by UPNEDA to builders intimating them that the bids have turned infructuous, the letter seeks his workplace to direct the state authorities to as a substitute challenge the letters of intent (LoI) for the bidders who had gained the reverse public sale.

In a letter to the minister, the chairman of NSEFI, Pranav R Mehta, has stated that after a reverse public sale course of is accomplished, the onus is on the bidding company, which on this case was UPNEDA. As per the RfP, UPNEDA needed to challenge the LoIs earlier than Could 15, 2020, which it did not do and as a substitute requested the builders to increase the timelines for the bid interval validity.

Stating that the builders have been eager to implement the undertaking and had therefore accepted the request of UPNEDA to increase the bid interval validity to allow it to challenge the LoIs, the letter states that the present validity of the EMDs is until June 30, 2021.

“It is rather mistaken on the a part of UPNEDA to conclude that no motion has been taken by our members for the bid interval extension. There isn’t a foundation for UPNEDA’s assertion that claims our bids turned time barred and infructuous as a result of we didn’t take any motion, whereas all the way in which it was UPNEDA whose inaction led to this,” the letter states, including that the bids are legitimate and never liable to be cancelled or expire merely as a result of UPNEDA has not fulfilled its a part of obligations beneath the RFP.

Stating that whereas UPNEDA can’t cancel the bid at this stage unilaterally, the letter says that actions like it will solely tarnish the picture of the nation on the worldwide stage and have an effect on overseas funding.

“This uncertainty won’t solely hinder the FDI within the sector, but additionally make overseas traders cautious in the direction of all investments into the ability sector, which is able to have an effect on India’s renewable vitality journey and targets,” it stated.