| Overview : Indian Railways (IR) consumes a huge amount of energy, which accounts for close to 1.8 % of India’s total power consumption and approximately 3% of India’s total diesel consumption. The energy consumption by IR can be broadly classified as traction and non-traction. Total power demand of IR is about 18 TWh; about 80% of it is to support traction (which is growing at a rate of 4% per annum) and remaining 20% of it to support non-traction loads. The electricity demand for IR is expected to increase by three times to about 49 TWh by 2030. UNDP India is working with IR to develop a programme on ground mounted solar for meeting traction loads. The objective of the initiative is to demonstrate technical, regulatory and financial feasibility of large-scale solar projects implemented on IR owned land, feeding into their traction network and thereby reducing IR’s energy cost through long-term agreements to purchase low cost solar power. UNDP India intends to hire services of a consulting firm to undertake an assessment of international players which could potentially participate during the implementation of Indian Railways Solarization programme and the areas in which they could participate. Please note that this procurement process is being conducted through online tendering system of UNDP. Bidders who wish to submit an offer must register in the system. In order to access the bidding document and registration, please visit https://etendering.partneragencies.org using below given generic user ID and password:- Username: event.guest
Password: why2change And follow the instructions provided in the e-Tendering instruction manual for bidders; uploaded on the website. | 
