RCC – MBZ JV Lowest Bidder for Mumbai Metro Line-2’s Mandale Depot
A consortium of RCC Infra Ventures Ltd. – MBZ JV today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the second maintenance depot of Mumbai Metro’s 41.2 km Line-2 at Mandale, after officials from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) opened the financial bids for package CA-14’s construction.
The MMRDA invited bids for this depot’s construction on a 22 hectare land parcel in September 2017 and estimated construction to cost Rs 415.02 crores. Here are the financial bid values submitted by the lowest technically qualified firms –
| Firm | Bid |
| RCC – MBZ | Rs. 390.43 cr |
| Ahluwalia | Rs. 430.13 cr |
| Relcon – Ashwini JV | Rs. 430.34 cr |
| JMC | Rs. 442 cr |
| Reliance Infra | Rs. 450 cr |
| NCC | Rs. 493.86 cr |
| Sam India – Al Fara’a JV | Rs. 499.40 cr |
| Simplex | Rs. 585 cr |
RCC – MBZ’s bid is about 6% lower than MMRDA’s estimate. If no issues arise, then then they will go on to be awarded with a contract after the MMRDA’s Executive Committee gives its approval. Once awarded, MMRDA would like work to be completed within 42 months (3.5 years).
Here’s the location of the depot (view satellite imagery) –
Mandale Depot’s location – view Mumbai Metro map & information
Like the first depot at Malvani in the western suburb of Malad, this depot’s site also lies outside of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and doesn’t have any restrictions on construction. In the future, roughly a third of the new 378 coaches (63 trains x 6 coaches) being procured for both Line-2 & Line-7 will be maintained and stabled here.
Construction work for the 23.5 km Line-2B’s elevated viaduct and stations has been divided up into 3 packages. Simplex Infrastructures emerged as the lowest bidder for the 12.714 km western section (DN Nagar – Bandra West – Bandra Kurla Complex), and bids were recently re-invited for the 11.007 km eastern section (Bandra Kurla Complex – Chembur – Mandale) in two smaller packages.
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– TMRG
Hi
Why will line-7’s coaches be maintained at Mandale?
Is there any connection / interchange to transfer rolling stocks between L2 & L7?
Hi, Line-7’s trains won’t be stabled here. 378 coaches are planned to be procured for both Line-2 and Line-7 in one big tender, and they’re expected to be split somewhat evenly across 3 depots –
Line-2 – Malvani and Mandale
Line-7 – Dahisar
An accurate count of the number of trains in each depot will emerge when they’re closer to starting operations. MMRDA hasn’t publicly disclosed Dahisar East’s station design, so don’t know if it’ll have a rake interchange line between them or not.
Lowest bidder of Aarrey colony metro depot quoted 5% below is now 26% above Mmrda estimate for Mandale metro depot
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when will the bid be accepted by MMRDA?
Hi, contract to RCC-MBZ was awarded this past week
mumbai metro line 2 depot and line 7 depot has been awarded to whom ?
Contracts haven’t been awarded yet.
Has the work started on site ? And would also like to know if RCC was previously involved in any metro construction projects?
Not sure if work has started. Whenever I get confirmation, I may write a post on it or just post some images on Twitter.
RCC just emerged as the lowest bidder for the BKC (MTNL) – Chembur section of this line – https://themetrorailguy.com/2018/02/18/rcc-mbz-neeraj-guan-lowest-bidders-for-mumbai-metros-line-2b/
Who is Neeraj construction company, have they worked on metro projects before
What about RCC? New entrant in metro ?
Neeraj is actually “Niraj Cement Structurals Limited”. Their website says they’ve built a couple roads, flyovers and underpasses –
http://www.niraj.co.in
RCC is “RCC Infra Ventures Ltd.” Their website says they’ve built pre-engineered buildings – http://www.rccinfra.com/capabilities/pre-engineered-building.html
Depot & allied construction work doesn’t require any past viaduct or tunnel construction experience.
Yes, would really like to know about these two JVs viz. RCC-MBZ & Neeraj-guan. As there are no search results available regarding them.
Guan is some Chinese company. Abbreviates to GGYHBCL but I can’t find what it’s actual entire name is.
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