Evrascon & Ceigall Win Delhi-Amritsar Expressway’s Work

Evrascon-MKCIL and Ceigall India have emerged as the lowest bidders for constructing packages 11 and Spur II of the roughly 650 km Delhi – Amritsar – Katra (DAK) Expressway after National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) opened financial bids.

This 4-lane greenfield project starts at KMP Expressway north-west of Delhi, and will be expandable to 8 lanes with provision of service roads in the future. Phase 1 involves the construction of a 397.7 km greenfield expressway between Delhi – Ludhiana – Gurdaspur and a 99 km spur connecting Nakodar – Amritsar. 

NHAI had invited bids for the civil construction of these 2 packages in November 2020 and January 2021 with a 2 year deadline. Package 11 connects Punjab’s Kapurthala & Gurdaspur districts while Package Spur II connects Tarn Taran and Amritsar districts.

Package 11

Brief Scope: Construction of 4 lane GF Delhi-Katra Expressway from Junction with Jalandhar-Kapurthala road NH-703A near Khojewal village-Junction with Amritsar-Tanda road NH-503A near Sri Hargobindpur Km 319.400-362.420 on EPC under BMP in Punjab

• Length: 43.02.94 km
• Technical Bids Opened: March 10 (view post)
• Financial Bids Opened: Today (April 20)
• Bidders: 15 (all 15 technically qualified)
• NHAI’s estimate: Rs. 1437.20 crore

Financial Bid Values of Lowest 5 Technically-Qualified Bidders:

Firm	Bid
Evrascon – MKCIL JV	Rs. 1269.96 crore
CDS Infra	Rs. 1401.21 crore
Shivalaya	Rs. 1410.00 crore
Gawar Construction	Rs. 1421.96 crore
Ashoka Buildcon	Rs. 1473.00 crore

Package Spur II

Brief Scope: Construction of 4 lane GA Amritsar connectivity for Connection of Amritsar with D-AM-K Expressway from MDR Junction at ch.40.900 Dhunda Village-Junction with NH3 and Taran taran Bypass near Mannawalla village ch 70.950 on EPC mode under BMP in Punjab

• Length: 30.05 km
• Technical Bids Opened: March 10 (view post)
• Financial Bids Opened: April 7
• Bidders: 9 (8 technically qualified)
• NHAI’s estimate: Rs. 1180.75 crore

Financial Bid Values of Lowest 5 Technically-Qualified Bidders:

Firm	Bid
Ceigall India	Rs. 1071.00 crore
Evrascon – MKCIL JV	Rs. 1098.96 crore
CDS Infra	Rs. 1121.76 crore
Gawar Construction	Rs 1134.96 crore
Patel Infra	Rs. 1236.78 crore

The lowest bids for each were well below NHAI’s estimate, so contracts for these should be awarded without much scrutiny during financial bid evaluation. This will be Evrascon’s 5th win after packages 8, 9, 10 and 12 in central & north Punjab, and Ceigall’s 2nd win after Package 7.

DAK Expressway project’s greenfield section consists of 15 packages – 12 on the 397 km Delhi – Gurdaspur section and 3 on the 99 km Nakodar-Amritsar spur. With this development, financial bids for 14 have been opened while a tender notice is still pending for Spur-1 in Amritsar District. See a list of all packages and their status’ here.

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– TMRG