Summary:
### Project Details
The tender covers five specific locations, each with a 20 KWp solar power plant[cite: 14, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36]:
* Branch Office (BO) Neyveli [cite: 14, 32]
* BO Villupuram [cite: 14, 33]
* BO Pondichery-1 [cite: 14, 34]
* BO Vridhachalam [cite: 14, 35]
* BO Chidambaram [cite: 14, 36]
The total estimated cost for this cluster is ₹51.12 lakhs, excluding GST[cite: 37]. The completion period for the work is 90 days[cite: 86].
### Tender Process and Key Dates
The tender is an e-tender, and bids must be submitted online through the portal **[www.tenderwizard.com/LIC](https://www.tenderwizard.com/LIC)**[cite: 29, 30, 88]. The process involves three bids:
* **BID I (Prequalification Bid):** The tenderer must fill out an enrollment form and upload supporting documents[cite: 38].
* **BID II:** This bid requires the submission of two separate sealed envelopes[cite: 44].
* **Tender Fee:** ₹590 (including 18% GST), which is non-refundable[cite: 37, 45, 86].
* **Earnest Money Deposit (EMD):** ₹1,02,300, which is 2% of the estimated tender amount[cite: 37, 53, 70, 86].
* **BID III (Financial Bid):** The agency must download the provided documents, fill in their item rates in figures and words, and upload them[cite: 58, 59, 60, 72]. No other documents or conditions should be uploaded with the financial bid[cite: 61, 73].
Payments for the tender fee and EMD must be made through **NEFT** to a Union Bank of India account[cite: 46, 47, 54, 55]. The NEFT payment for both closes on September 23, 2025, at 23:59 hours[cite: 52, 57, 86].
The key dates for the tender are as follows[cite: 85, 86]:
* **Release and Downloading of Tender Document:** Starts on September 9, 2025, at 17:00 and 17:01 hours, respectively. Downloading closes on September 23, 2025, at 23:59 hours[cite: 86].
* **Online Submission of Bid Documents:** Starts on September 9, 2025, at 17:01 hours and closes on September 23, 2025, at 23:59 hours[cite: 16, 86].
* **Pre-bid Meeting:** On September 16, 2025, at 11:00 hours at the Engineering Department, 9th Floor, LIC Building, SZO, Chennai[cite: 86].
* **Physical Submission of Payment Proof:** From September 9, 2025, at 17:01 hours to September 24, 2025, at 15:00 hours[cite: 86].
* **Online Opening of Technical Bid:** September 24, 2025, at 15:30 hours[cite: 75, 86]. The date for the opening of the Financial Bid (BID III) will be announced later to the qualifying agencies[cite: 76, 87].
### Additional Information
The tender rates will remain valid for 90 days from the last date of submission[cite: 77]. MSME/NSIC certificates will not be considered for the waiver of EMD or Security Deposit[cite: 70]. The tender may be rejected if the tender fee or EMD is not submitted[cite: 71]. The value of work completed in the last seven years will be brought to the current cost by enhancing the value at a simple rate of 7% per annum[cite: 66, 67].
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