The project has been awarded under the Re-structured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Program (R-APDRP).
"Our company has received a LoI in respect of the APDRP project from Bihar State Elelctricity Board, appointing us as IT implementation agency," Spanco said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The order value amounts to Rs 160 crore, it added.
The R-APDRP is a flagship programme of the government with a total outlay of Rs 51,577 crore.
Under the programme, IT companies would help power utilities from 'concept to commissioning' for facilitating reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses through strengthening and upgradation of the transmission and distribution network.