MIA Wins Bhubaneswar Metro Phulapokhari Depot’s Contract BBC-02

M I A Construction Pvt. Ltd. on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder for the civil construction work of Bhubaneswar Metro Phase 1 project’s Phulapokhari Depot & Workshop by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Bhubaneswar Metro’s train stabling & maintenance facility will be built under Package BBC-02 on a 16 hectare parcel in Phulapokhari. It will house an undisclosed number of 3 coach trains (rolling stock) for servicing Bhubaneswar Metro’s 26 km Line-1 which will connect Trisulia Square – Biju Patnaik Airport via 20 elevated stations.

The contract’s brief scope includes design and construction of pre-engineered buildings (PEB) for workshop, stabling & inspection sheds. The work also includes construction of substructure i.e. foundations, pits, grade slab, RCC columns, beams etc. for PEB buildings and construction of RCC buildings for administrative offices.

DMRC had invited bids for Phulapokhari Depot’s construction in January 2024 with a very relaxed 36 month (3 year) deadline and Rs. 104.74 crore estimate.

Technical bids were opened in early April to reveal 22 bidders out of which 12 were disqualified for not meeting the tender’s conditions. Several of these have or are building metro depots across the country, such as Ahluwalia, ISGEC, Varindera Constructions & YFC Projects so I’m curious to see what went wrong.

Disqualified Bidders (12 Firms)

• Ahluwalia Contracts India Ltd.
• Bridge and Roof Co India Ltd.
• Diversified Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
• ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.
• Metcon India Realty and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
• Pragati Construction Consultants
• PREMCO Rail Engineers Ltd.
• S K Construction
• UDRA Construction Pvt. Ltd.
• Varindera Constructions Ltd.
• Vishal Builders
• YFC Projects Pvt. Ltd.

Financial Bid Values (10 Firms)

Firm	Bid (Rs. Crore)
MIA Construction Pvt. Ltd.	79.75
Amara Raja Infra Pvt. Ltd.	84.56
Quality Buildcon Pvt. Ltd.	88.71
Himcon Engineers India Pvt. Ltd.	91.25
Lisha Engineers Pvt. Ltd.	94.07
Ranjit Buildcon Ltd.	98.31
SPD Constructions Pvt. Ltd.	99.37
Shree Balaji Engicons Ltd.	100.66
Dineshchandra R.Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd.	127.54
URC Construction (P) Ltd.	145.35

DMRC’s Brief Scope: Civil Works for Construction of Bhubaneswar Metro Depot Cum Workshop, OCC Buildings including Plumbing, Drainage, External Development Works etc. and Road Works of Bhubaneswar MRTS Phase-I Project.

As shared in the past, this was by far the largest participation I’ve seen for a metro project’s contract India – regardless of being civil or system works related.

M I A Construction’s bid of Rs. 79.75 crore was well below DMRC’s estimate of Rs. 104.74 crore, so a contract should be awarded in the coming weeks without a long financial bid evaluation period.

M I A in the past has been awarded several multi-modal integration projects (here’s one) by the DMRC, and this will be their very first depot construction-related contract.

The construction of a simple precast boundary wall is currently underway around the depot’s site via Package BBC-01, while bidding is underway for the main-line’s construction via packages BBC-03, BBC-04 & BBC-05. Technical bids are currently scheduled to open on June 19 for all contracts, so stay tuned!

A list of all Bhubaneswar Metro civil & system tenders and their status / contractors can be viewed here.

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– TMRG