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Provision of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for Power back up for Climatic Chamber.

Ministry of Railways

Office of the Principal Chief Electrical Engineer Electrical Shell division Chennai

Delivers to

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Overview

22 facts from the tender

Ministry of Railways published this works tender on eProcure on 9 Oct 2026, for Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The estimated value is ₹8.7 Cr and the EMD is ₹17.5 L. It closes on 6 Nov 2026, 3:30 pm IST. Tender ID 92241434 · Ref 2026245212360.

Timeline

  1. Published9 Oct 2026 · 5:57 pm
  2. Closes6 Nov 2026 · 3:30 pm

Bidding

Bid type
Open/Advertised
Contract type
Works - General · Expenditure
Tender type
Open
Tendering section
CONS
Bidding system
Single Packet System
Bidding style
Single Rate for Tender
Validity of offer
90 days
Completion period
6 Months
Tender document cost
None
JV / consortium
Not allowed
Ranking order
Lowest to Highest
Expenditure type
Capital (Works)
Pre-bid meeting
None

Buyer

Inviting authority
ICF HQ-ELECTRICAL/ICF
Organisation type
Central Govt. Ministry/Department
Product category
Railway related Products
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · the inviting office's place
Portal
eProcure
Inviting officer
Dy.CEE/MICF HQ-ELECTRICAL/ICF

Important dates

Published
9 Oct 2026, 5:57 pm IST
Bidding starts
23 Oct 2026
Closes
6 Nov 2026, 3:30 pm IST

Declarations by the buyer

  • Complies with the Public Procurement (Make in India) Order 2017
  • The tender inviting authority confirms this tender does not violate the GFR rules on procurement through GeM
  • Bidders from a country sharing a land border with India must be registered with the competent authority

Schedule of work

2 items
ItemQuantityRailways’ estimated rateAmount
Schedule A · Provision of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for Power backup for Climatic Chamber
1Survey, Design, Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Battery system comprising of - LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate) with rated capacity of 4 MWh (Charging rate: 0.5C, Discharge rate: 0.5 C) at end of cycle life of 6000 cycles -Battery Management system (BMS) integrated with cell, modules and rack- Outdoor rated IP54 standard container with Liquid cooling system- Battery Inter rack cables & Bus bars Including maintenance of Entire system for five years after the warranty period of 5 years1 Set₹7,50,48,000₹7,50,48,000
2Survey, Design, Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Power Conversion System comprising of- Online 2 MW Bi-directional, grid-forming/grid-following type inverter with OVP, UVP, OCP, SCP, thermal cut-offs, anti-islanding- HVAC system for BESS- 11 kV Transformer for connecting secondary output of PCS, HT switch gears panel for connecting it to 11 kV bus inclusive of Earthing & lightening protection system- Centralized EMS (Energy Management System) inclusive of control & communication cable, synchronization of BESS with EB grid supply, DG & Rooftop Solar - Energy Management System/Micro Grid controller - Remote monitoring via SCADA/EMS with cloud integration- Inverter Duty transformer as per voltage requirement- HT Breaker panel for integrating the BESS to point of connection- Cables between Batteries & PCS; PCS & Transformer; Transformer and Customer connection point as required- Switch gear panels, protection & Control Relays, Earthing and lightning protection system- Fire detection and Suppression system- Including maintenance of Entire system for five years after the warranty period of 5 years1 Set₹1,22,72,000₹1,22,72,000
Total₹8,73,20,000

The total matches the advertised value.

Documents

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Documents to submit

Commercial-Compliance

  • The tenderer should submit the consent in a mandate form of Enclosure-1 for receipt of payment through NEFT

    Document required

  • Please enter the percentage of local content in the material being offered. Please enter 0 for fully imported items, and 100 for fully indigenous items. The definition and calculation of local content shall be in accordance with the Make in India policy as incorporated in the tender conditions.

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  • Certificates which may be an attested Certificate from the client, Audited Balance Sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant etc regarding contractual payments received in the past

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  • Tenderer shall indicate their GSTIN No. & PAN No. with proper document proof.

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Technical-Compliances

  • The Tenderer shall download the Tender Document Annexure-VI A for bid security in the form of bank guarantee and upload the Annexure -VI A duly filling the necessary details.

    Document optional

  • List of Personnel, Organisation available on hand and proposed to be engaged for the subject work

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  • List of Plant & Machinery available on hand (own) and proposed to be inducted (own and hired to be given separately) for the subject work.

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  • List of works completed in the last three financial years giving description of work, organisation for whom executed, approximate value of contract at the time of award, date of award, date of scheduled completion of work, Date of actual start, actual completion, final value of contract, etc., should also be given in a in a separate sheet

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  • List of works on hand indicating description of work, contract value, a approximate value of balance work yet to be done and date of award

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  • Certificates and testimonials regarding contracting experience for the type of job for which tender is invited with list of works carried out in the past.

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  • Tender Document Annexure -I

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Custom

  • The work shall be carried out only by a firm or representative of the firm with valid Electrical License certificate issued by recognized State Government/any competent body. The tenderer should furnish the particulars of the license and a copy of the same shall be uploaded along with the bid.

    Document required

Eligibility

Standard Financial Criteria

  • The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or V whichever is less; where V= Advertised value of the tender in crores of Rupees N= Number of years prescribed for completion of work for which bids have been invited. The average annual contractual turnover shall be calculated as an average of "total contractual payments" in the previous three financial years, as per the audited balance sheet. However, in case balance sheet of the previous year is yet to be prepared/ audited, the audited balance sheet of the fourth previous year shall be considered for calculating average annual contractual turnover. The tenderers shall submit requisite information as per Annexure-VIB(GCC) of tender document, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

    Document required

Standard Technical Criteria

  • The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s) during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: •Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or •Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or •One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender.

    Document required

  • Defination of Similar Work Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of grid interactive Battery Energy Storage system (BESS) work involving systems of 1 MW or greater with supply of Lithium-Ion Battery system (LiFePO4) / LTO (lithium-titanate batteries) Battery System

Partnership firm/Joint Venture (JV) / Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) / Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc.

  • Please submit a certificate in the prescribed format (please download the format from the link given below). Non submission of the certificate, or submission of certificate either not properly filled in, or in a format other than the prescribed format shall lead to summary rejection of your offer. ( Click here to download the Format of Self Certification)

Check each criterion against the tender notice before you bid.

Commercial conditions

EMD
₹1,746,400
Tender fee
None

Terms & conditions

8 conditions

General Instructions

  • If the tenderer wish to submit Bank guarantee for bid security (EMD), the Tenderer shall download the Tender Document Annexure -VI A for bid security in the form of bank guarantee and upload the Annexure -VI A duly filling the necessary details. The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to Office of the PCEE, II floor, Shell Administrative building, ICF, Chennai - 600 038 before closing date for submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids)

  • Startups are not exempted from satisfying the Eligibility criteria for this tender.

  • The Tenderer shall have valid required level Electrical License. Attested copy of the Electrical License shall be submitted along with the offer.

  • The successful tenderer shall prepare and submit the Scheme for wiring along with layout of arrangement of Electrical switchgear drawings according to the site and obtain approval from the competent authority or their authorized representative prior to the commencement of work.

  • After completion of all wiring and installation, the successful tenderer shall submit 3 sets of General arrangement and Schematic drawings along with the electrical wiring documentation.

  • The rate quoted shall be net inclusive of all taxes (GST) and duties.

  • The Contractor has to engage only Police verified Pvt. labour /Pvt. Employee. If any new person (other than already verified) to be engaged by the contractor, he has to submit proof of Police verification application for issuing a "Temporary permission" like present permit system. However, Contractor has to arrange PV report within permissible period of one month.

  • The tenderer shall download the Tender Document Annexure -I and upload the Annexure -I duly filling the necessary details.

Bidder declarations (14)

Undertakings

  • I/ We have visited the works site and I / We am / are aware of the site conditions.

  • I/We have read the various conditions to tender attached hereto and agree to abide by the said conditions

  • I/We also hereby agree to abide by the Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract, with all correction slips up to the date of tender opening and to carry out the work according to the Special Conditions of Contract and Specifications of materials and works as laid down by Railway in the annexed Special Conditions / Specifications, Schedule of Rates with all correction slips up to date for the present contract.

  • I/We also agree to keep this tender open for acceptance for a period as mentioned in the tender document.

Certifications

  • I/we the tenderer (s) am/are signing this document after carefully reading the contents.

  • I/We the tenderer(s) also accept all the conditions of the tender and have signed all the pages in confirmation thereof.

  • I/we hereby declare that I/we have downloaded the tender documents from Indian Railway website www.ireps.gov.in . I/we have verified the content of the document from the website and there is no addition, no deletion or no alteration to the content of the tender document. In case of any discrepancy noticed at any stage i.e. evaluation of tenders, execution of work or final payment of the contract, the master copy available with the railway Administration shall be final and binding upon me/us.

  • I/we declare and certify that I/we have not made any misleading or false representation in the forms, statements and attachments in proof of the qualification requirements.

  • I/We also understand that my/our offer will be evaluated based on the documents/credentials submitted along with the offer and same shall be binding upon me/us.

  • I/We declare that the information and documents submitted along with the tender by me/us are correct and I/we are fully responsible for the correctness of the information and documents, submitted by us.

  • I/we certify that I/we the tenderer(s) is/are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of submission of bids, either in individual capacity or as a HUF/ member of the partnership firm/LLP/JV/Society/Trust.

  • I/we understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the Bid Security and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. Further, I/we and all my/our constituents understand that my/our offer shall be summarily rejected.

  • I/we also understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be false/forged at any time after the award of the contract, it will lead to termination of the contract, along with forfeiture of Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

  • I/We have read the clause regarding restriction on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and certify that I am/We are not from such a country or, if from such a country, have been registered with the competent Authority. I/We hereby certify that I/we fulfil all the requirements in this regard and am/are eligible to be considered (evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is enclosed)

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