Tender for underground section of Aerocity-Tughlakabad line of Delhi Metro Phase 4 launched

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) on 13th April 2021 invited global tenders for the construction of a 6.116 km underground section under Package DC-08 between Aerocity - Kishangarh including building 4 metro stations of Phase 4 of Delhi Metro Rail Project.

Scope of Work

Design and Construction of Twin Tunnel (Up & Down Line) by Shield TBM, Cut and Cover Tunnel box and four Underground stations namely Aerocity, Mahipalpur, Vasant Kunj and Kishangarh with Entry/Exits & Connecting subways from chainage (-) 760 mt. to 5356.285 mt. of Aerocity to Tughlakabad Corridor of Phase-IV of Delhi MRTS.

Key Information

• Tender No.: Contract DC-08
• Issue Date: 13.04.2021
• Estimated Cost of Work: Rs 1349.371 crore
• Work Completion Period: 42 months
• Sale of Bidding documents: 13.04.2021 - 31.05.2021
• Pre-bid Meeting: 29.04.2021 at 11.00 hrs.
• Deadline for Bid Submission: 31.05.2021 up to 1500 hrs
• Technical Bid Opening Date: 01.06.2021 up to 1500 hrs

The funding for this work will be provided by the Japanese institution Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) hence Bidding will be conducted in accordance with JICA’s “Single-Stage Two Envelope” Bidding Procedure.

On March 26, 2021, JICA has signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide an ODA loan of Rs 8,390 crores for the construction of three priority corridors comprising of extension of 12.5 km line (Mukundpur - Maujpur), 28.9 km Line 8 (Janakpuri West - RK Ashram) and a new corridor named Silverline spanning 23.6 km between Aerocity and Tughlakabad within Delhi.

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