9 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C8
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Nine construction firms have submitted bids for the 2.127 km Package C-8 related to Sabarmati Depot of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project after National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) opened bids today.
Package C8 of the main-line (chainage 507.599 to 509.726) within Ahmedabad is the shortest of 5 packages within Gujarat state and deals with civil, building & preparatory works at Sabarmati train maintenance depot which will be the largest among three depots (others will be at Surat and Thane) planned on this line for the inspection, maintenance and stabling of trainsets.
The depot will cover approximately 84 hectares and a notice inviting bids for constructing its workshop shed, inspection shed, office building, Operations & Control Centre (OCC), machinery & plants under Package D2 is currently pending.
NHSRCL invited tenders (bids) for its construction, financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in October 2020 with a completion period of 4 years. An official estimate hasn’t been published, but I hear it’s around Rs. 650 crore.
Bidders:
- Dineshchandra R Agrawal (DRA) Infracon Pvt. Ltd.
- ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.
- KEC International Ltd.
- Montecarlo Ltd.
- M.S. Khurana Engineering Ltd.
- Patel Infrastructure Ltd.
- Ranjit Buildcon Ltd.
- SCC Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd
- URC Construction Pvt. Ltd.
IFB Number: Package No. MAHSR-C-8
Brief Scope: Design and Construction of Civil and Building Works for the Depot on Design Build Lump Sum Price Basis for Double Line High Speed Railway involving works for Site Formation, Abutment, Retaining Walls, Roadbed for track, Box Culvert, Roads, Cable Duct, Foundations of OHE Masts, Piping, Drainage, Water Harvesting, Fire Fighting, Landscaping, Boundary Wall, General Inspection Train Shed, Maintenance Depot and other Associated works At Sabarmati between MAHSR Km. 507.599 and MAHSR Km. 509.726 in the State of Gujarat for the Project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail
The bids have now been sent for technical evaluation which – going by C4 and C6’s experience – is expected to take a month to complete. When that is done, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal who’s the lowest bidder and most likely contractor for this package.
Here’s a status of each civil package of the bullet train project – this table is best viewed on a desktop device. Within Gujarat – only Package C5’s tender notice for the main-line’s construction within Vadodara is pending.
| Package & Scope | Status |
| C1: 1.028 km Underground Station at BKC, Mumbai | Bids Invited in November 2019; Current Submission Deadline: May 5, 2021 |
| C2: 20.377 km underground tunnel between BKC Station to Shilphata, Thane (3 Mega TBMs to be used) | Bid Submission Deadline Passed – No Bids Received |
| C3: 135.450 km elevated line between Shilphata, Thane and Zaroli Village (MH/GJ Border) | Tender Notice Pending |
| C4: 237.1 km elevated line between Zaroli Village (MH/GJ Border) and Vadodara | Under Construction by Larsen & Toubro |
| C5: 8.198 km elevated viaduct and station within Vadodara | Tender Notice Pending |
| C6: 87.569 km elevated viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad | Awarded to Larsen & Toubro |
| C7: 18.133 km elevated viaduct and station within Ahmedabad | Bids Invited October 8; Current Submission Deadline: March 22, 2021 |
| C8: 2.126 km viaduct, building works at Sabarmati Depot | Technical Bids Opened – this post! |
The fabrication and installation of PSC bridges and steel truss bridges over roads, highways, railway lines and canals within these civil packages’ routes are part of 6 separate packages – see all contracts here.
For more updates, check out the High Speed Rail section!
– TMRG
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