New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) which is implementing India’s first high-speed bullet train project has issued a tender for the design and construction of High Speed Train Maitennace Depot at Sabarmati for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor in Gujarat.
Package No. MAHSR C-8: 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 Supply, 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 Project.
NHSRCL has received an ODA loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) towards the cost of the project for the construction of the high-speed bullet train corridor (Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail). Therefore, the Government of India through the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is inviting the international competitive bids (ICB) from the eligible contractors/tenderers on a lump sum price basis. The ICB will be conducted as per the JICA’s single-stage bidding procedure.
The Sabarmati Depot will be the largest depot of Bullet Train projects in India and it will be developped in an area of approx. 80 hectare. The Operation Control Centre (OCC) for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.
The 508.17 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor will connect Ahmedabad in Gujarat to Mumbai in Maharashtra through 12 stations.
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