L&T wins another Rs 7,289 crore Civil Contract of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on 2nd November 2020 opened financial bids for the civil contract package (MAHSR C-6) of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project.

According to the result of the financial bid, Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) has again emerged as the lowest bidder among the other two bidders. Here is the financial position of each contender:-

• Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T): Rs 7,289.00 crore (L1)
• Tata Projects – J Kumar Infraprojects – NCC Limited JV: Rs 9,837.89 crore (L2)
• Afcons Infrastructure – Ircon International – JMC Projects India Ltd. JV: Rs Rs 12,697.08 crore

The tender for this contract package was invited in  August 2019 and Technical bids were opened on 25th September 2020. A total of three bidders were submitted their bids to construct a total of 87.569 km high-speed rail line of 508.17 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor between Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Mumbai in Maharashtra.

The scope of work includes Design and Construction of Civil and Building Works including Testing and Commissioning on Design-Build Lump Sum Price Basis for Double Line High Speed Railway involving Viaduct & Bridges, Crossing Bridges, Maintenance Depot and Station (Anand/Nadiad), between Vadodara (MAHSR Km. 401.898) and Ahmedabad (MAHSR Km. 489.467), excluding Works for 01 No. PSC Bridge and 04 No. Steel Truss Bridges, in the State of Gujarat for the Project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (Bullet Train) Project.

Earlier, on 29th October 2020, NHSRCL had awarded the first high-value contract worth Rs 24985.164 crore to L&T Construction for design and construction of Civil and Building Works including Testing and Commissioning on Design-Build Lump Sum Price basis for Double Line High Speed Railway involving Viaducts, Bridges, Maintenance Depots, Tunnel, Stations (Vapi, Bilimora, Surat and Bharuch), and Surat Depot between Zaroli Village at Maharashtra-Gujarat Border and Vadodara from MAHSR Km. 156.600 to MAHSR Km. 393.700, excluding Works for 04 No. PSC Bridges and 07 No. Steel Truss Bridges, in the State of Gujarat.

For more details, please explore the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail page of Urban Transport News.