Tender for supply of Rolling Stock coaches for Kanpur & Agra Metro floated

Lucknow, India (Urban Transport News): The Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) invited bids from the eligible rolling stock manufacture firms for design and supply of 201 Rolling stock coaches for the Kanpur Metro Rail project.

Scope of Work

Design, Manufacture, Supply, Testing, Commissioning and Training of 201 Nos. Standard Gauge Cars including Train Control & Signalling System for Agra & Kanpur Metro Project.

Key Information

• Tender No.: KNPAGRS-01
• Issue Date: 5th December 2019
• Tender Value: Confidential
• Earnest Money: Confidential
• Tender document cost: INR 21,000 or USD 400
• Pre-bid meeting: To be announced later
• Sale of Tender Documents: 6th December 2019 to 20th January 2020
• Last date for submission of Tender document: 18th February 2020 up to 1500 hrs.
• Date of opening of Technical Bid: 18th February 2020 at 1530 hrs.

Contact Point

The Director (Rolling Stock & System) Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Administrative Building, Near Samajik Parivartan Sthal Vipin Khand Gomti Nagar, Lucknow- 226010, Uttar Pradesh, India

Project Details

Kanpur Metro Rail Project is a mass rapid transit system which is under construction for the city of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and extendable to the Kanpur Metropolitan Area. The feasibility study for the Kanpur Metro rail project was done by Railway consultancy firm RITES Limited in June 2015. Tender for construction of viaduct and 9 stations on first priority corridor between IIT to Motijheel already floated.

The contract has been awarded to Indian infrastructure firm Afcons Infrastructure Limited to construct the elevated viaduct between IIT to Motijheel and metro car shed at Government Polytechnic. On November 15, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had laid the foundation stone of construction of Rs. 11,076.48 crore Kanpur Metro rail project near IIT Kanpur. Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) is entrusted to execute the Kanpur Metro rail project.