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Anushka Khare
Posted on: 2021-02-20 07:12:00
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Country: India
City: New Delhi
New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) yesterday informed that they have received a total of nine bids against civil contract package C-8 of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.
According to NHSRCL, technical bids for the contract package C-8 opened on 19th February 2021 in the evening and the following infrastructure firms have submitted their bids for the preparatory works for the construction of the Sabarmati Maintenance Depot for the 508.17 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.
- KEC International Limited
- Patel Infrastructure Limited
- Ranjit Buildcon Limited
- Montecarlo Limited
- ISGEC Heavy Engineering Limited
- Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd.
- M.S. Khurana Engineering Ltd.
- SCC Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd
- URC Construction Pvt. Ltd.
Tenders for the above package were invited on 22nd October 2020 with an estimated Rs 650 crores. The financial bids will be opened after the evaluation of the technical bids.
The scope of work includes 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 the track, Box Culvert, Roads, Cable Duct, Foundations of OHE Masts, Piping, Drainage, 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 Corridor.
This tender also includes road works, Sewage and drainage works, Earthwork, Construction of reservoirs for storage of rooftop rainwater and stormwater, underground storage tanks, sheds for parking of the General Inspection train (GIT) and Inspection cars for track and other civil works at the site marked for the Sabarmati Depot.
Sabarmati maintenance depot will be the largest depot among three depots planned for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor. Other depots will be built at Surat (Gujarat) and Thane (Maharashtra).
The Sabarmati Depot will cover an area of approximately 84 Hactares and will be utilized for inspection, maintenance, cleaning and parking of MAHSR trainsets. Trainset washing facilities shall also be located in the Depot.
For more details, please explore the "Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail" page of Urban Transport News.
Anushka Khare
Anushka Khare is a Post Graduate in Journalism from Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal (MP). She covers stories and updates from India.