NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (NVVN), a subsidiary of NTPC, has announced a tender to procure 250 Electric Buses for three cities in Madhya Pradesh. The selected cities are Jabalpur, Bhopal and Indore.
250 Electric Buses for three cities in Madhya Pradesh
The tender includes providing the annual maintenance contract (AMC) to the electric buses for ten years. The bids have been invited for 50 buses for the city of Jabalpur, 100 buses for Bhopal, and 100 buses for Indore under the ‘Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME India Phase II) program.
The procurement of 250 fully electric AC buses includes the design, manufacturing and supply. The tender for Jabalpur included the scope of manufacturing of the prototype buses and its approval from NVVN and state transport undertaking.
The operation of these electric buses on the given routes goes according to the statutory rules and regulations in the state, adhering to the time schedules indicated by NVVN and the authorities. The contract also includes regular day to day maintenance activities, providing all other commodities required for the operation, charges, penalties for non-compliance of rules, all other statutory taxes and duties which are payable for the uninterrupted operations of the buses.
NVVN plans to capitalize the procurement of electric buses through external commercial borrowings, domestic commercial borrowings and own sources. The last date for the submission of the bids is November 6, 2019. The interested bidders need to pay a sum of ₹3.75 million as bid security for Jabalpur, ₹625,000 and ₹1.25 for the cities of Indore and Bhopal respectively.
In March 2019, NVVN had also invited bids for the procurement of 100 electric buses for the state of Goa.
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