GHV Wins Delhi – Mumbai Expressway’s Packages 27 & 28
GHV India on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing Packages 27 & 28 of the 1350 km Delhi – Mumbai Expressway’s 844 km Sohna – Vadodara section after National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened financial bids.
Both roughly 26 km sections of this 8-lane greenfield expressway are located within Gujarat’s Dohad and Panchmahal districts north-east of Vadodara. NHAI invited bids on February 21, 2020 with a 24 month completion deadline, and opened technical bids on December 4.
Package 27
Scope: Construction of 8 Lane access-controlled expressway starting after the end of Bridge over Hadaf River near Hathiyavan village to SH-152 near Matariya Vadi in Panchmahal (Ch.729.700-756.052) of Delhi-Vadodara GA on EPC Mode under BMP in Gujarat
- Contract: NHAI/BM/ Delhi-Vadodara/2018/Pkg27
- Length: 26.352 km
- Bidders: 32 (30 technically qualified)
- NHAI’s estimate: Rs. 874.04 crore
Financial Bid Values of Lowest 5 Technically-Qualified Bidders:
| Firm | Bid |
| GHV | Rs. 719.35 crore |
| Ashoka | Rs. 747 crore |
| MKCIL-Evrascon JV | Rs. 749.40 crore |
| Roadways Solutions | Rs. 786 crore |
| RKC Infrabuilt | Rs. 786 crore |
Package 28
Scope: Construction of 8 Lane access-controlled expressway starting from junction with SH-152 near Matariya Vadi to near Bhamaiya village in Panchmahal district (Ch.756.052-781.282) section of Delhi-Vadodara GA on EPC Mode under BMP in Gujarat
- Contract: NHAI/BM/ Delhi-Vadodara/2018/Pkg28
- Length: 25.23 km
- Bidders: 31 (28 technically qualified)
- NHAI’s Estimate: Rs. 803.29 crore
Financial Bid Values of Lowest 5 Technically-Qualified Bidders:
| Firm | Bid |
| GHV India | Rs. 681.21 crore |
| Evrascon | Rs. 698.99 crore |
| NG Projects | Rs. 713 crore |
| Roadways Solution | Rs. 728 crore |
| Patel Infra | Rs. 766.62 crore |
Prior to this, GHV had won Package 20 between Km 546.890 to Km 572.190 in Madhya Pradesh.
Besides creating an info page for the Delhi – Amritsar – Katra Expressway, this weekend I also created a page for the Delhi – Mumbai Expressway – check it out here. Both can be easily accessed on the menu bar under the ‘Misc’ section.
The entire route has been divided up into 4 sections with a total of 52 civil tenders / packages:
- DND – Faridabad – Sohna: 3 (60 km)
- Sohna – Vadodara: 31 (844 km)
- Vadodara – Virar: 13 (354 km)
- Virar – JNPT: 5 (92 km)
Out of 52 contracts, financial bids of 46 have been opened to assign contractors, most of which have either started or are deep into construction. Bidding is underway for 4 packages (#26 of Sohna – Vadodara, and #14 to #16 of Virar – JNPT) while tender notices are pending for 2 packages (#17 & #18 of Virar – JNPT).
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– TMRG
