MEIL Wins Amas – Darbhanga Expressway’s Construction Work

Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct Packages 1 & 2 of the 230 km Amas – Darbhanga Expressway (NH-119D) after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened financial bids.

This 4 lane access-controlled highway by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will be the first expressway in Bihar state. It will run in north-south orientation to link the outskirts of Aurangabad – Gaya – Patna – Darbhanga, and use portions of the under construction Patna Outer Ring Road and 9.75 km Kachchi Dargah – Bidupur Bridge projects.

55.002 km Package 1 will connect Amas (Km 0.0 on NH-02) with Shivrampur (Km. 55.002), while 54.322 km Package 2 connects Shivrampur with Ramnagar (Km. 109.324) in South Bihar.

NHAI invited tenders for their construction in October 2021 with a 2 year deadline and technical bids were opened in February to reveal 4 bidders had submitted a total of 7 bids.

55 km Package 1

NHAI’s Estimate: Rs. 996.70 crore

Firm	Bid (Rs. Crore)
Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd.	1070.41
Ram Kripal Singh Construction Pvt. Ltd.	1108.23
PNC Infratech Ltd.	1155.49
Vishwa Samudra Engineering Pvt. Ltd.	Disqualified

Brief Scope of Package 1: Construction of Four Lane Access Controlled Greenfield NH from Amas (on NH-02) (Ch.00.000) to village Shivrampur (Ch.55.002) at (NH-119D) under BMP in Bihar (Amas-Darbhanga package-I of 55.002 km) on HAM.

54.3 km Package 2

NHAI’s Estimate: Rs. 1004.98 crore

Firm	Bid (Rs. Crore)
Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd.	1115.34
Ram Kripal Singh Construction Pvt. Ltd.	1198.92
Vishwa Samudra Engineering Pvt. Ltd.	Disqualified

Brief Scope of Package 2: Construction of Four lane access controlled Greenfield NH from Shivrampur (Ch. 55.002 Km) to Ramnagar (Ch. 109.324 km), at NH-119D under BMP in Bihar- (Amas Darbhanga PKG-II of 54.322Km) on HAM.

MEIL’s bids were 7.39% and 10.98% higher than NHAI’s estimate which is within NHAI’s permissible limit, so contracts should be awarded in the coming weeks.

Last week, NHAI opened bids for Package 3 to reveal MEIL as the only bidder for it – see details. In the future, this expressway will be extended from Darbhanga to Jaynagar on the India-Nepal border. Design details and a list of all civil packages & their status can be viewed here.

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– TMRG