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India : Rajasthan Electronics announces EoI to empanel agencies to set up EV charging stations
Publish Date : 13-Feb-2020
A public-sector enterprise operating in the electronics, information technology, and renewable energy segment, The Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), has announced an expression of interest (EoI) to empanel agencies to help with setting up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the state.
Presently, REIL is in the process of installing 270 EV charging stations in six cities and four national highways under the FAME I program, and even have plans to set up 1,000 more EV charging stations in over 70 cities across India.
The scope of the work covers identification of the locations, development, installation, operation, and maintenance of the EV charging stations along with the associated infrastructure for all segments of electric vehicles as per requirements.
Additionally, the agencies will have to provide operate monitor the EV charging stations on a centralized mobile app and digital payment gateway for REIL. Out of the total investment, around 50% should be arranged to procure chargers under the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) grant in different cities.
Funds for the development of upstream electrical infrastructure for installation of the EV charging station like transformer, ring main unit (RMU), cabling, load enhancement, new electrical connection from DISCOM, and recurring expenses such as data charges, maintenance, manpower for operation should be brought in by the agency.
To be paid bid security amount or earnest money deposit (EMD) has not been specified in the tender, however it stated that bid processing fees and bid security or EMD are exempted for medium and small enterprise (MSEs) vendors and developers.
Applicants are required to have successfully executed at least one public charging station with a minimum capacity of 30 kW, of which at least one is 15 kW.
