Pre-qualification requirements laid down by PGCIL extremely restrictive
The pre-qualification requirements laid down by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) is extremely restrictive as it states that the bidder must have successfully completed drone patrolling using mounted camera for visual, thermovision of at least 100 route km or 300nos towers of 220kV or above Transmission Lines in last five year, as on the originally scheduled date of bid opening.
This relates to aerial patrolling (Drone Based) of Powergrid transmission lines for identification of defects and health assessment of Transmission lines.
Sources say the RFP is for the pilot phase to evaluate the efficacy for the use of Drone and Drone Derived intelligence to identify map and report defects in transmission lines. The proposed pilot phase encompasses nine regions of PGCIL.
