14 Bidders for Delhi – Ahmedabad HSR’s Alignment Design and Survey

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) today opened technical bids for two packages to reveal a total of 14 firms had submitted 16 bids to assist in the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the upcoming 886 km Delhi – Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (DAHSR Bullet Train) project which’ll connect both cities through 12 stations in Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

NHSRCL had invited tenders (bids) for both final alignment design (including aerial LiDAR survey) and data collection surveying work, along with 3 other packages in early September with varying lengths of completion. Monarch and SECON submitted bids for both packages.

Final Alignment Design including Aerial LiDAR Survey

Period of Work: 150 Days

Bidders (4):

• DetectTechnologies.com
• Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
• RITES Ltd.
• SECON Ltd.

Data Collection and Associated Survey Work for DPR

Period of Work: 120 Days

Bidders (12):

• AICONS Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
• Ceinys Tech Ltd.
• GeoVista Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• HRP Infra Pvt. Ltd.
• Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
• Highway Engineering Magnitude Consortium
• Sync Mode LLP
• Satellite Informatics Pvt. Ltd.
• SATRA Services and Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
• SECON Pvt. Ltd.
• Subudhi Technoengineers Pvt. Ltd.
• Translink Infrastructure Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

The bids have now been sent for technical evaluation which can take about one month to complete. When that is done, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal who’s the lowest bidder and most likely contractor for each package.

Last week, a total of 13 firms had submitted 14 bids for carrying out a Ridership (Traffic) Study and preparing General Arrangement Drawings for this high speed rail line.

As shared earlier – the line’s alignment has been proposed to pass through Jaipur and Udaipur, and the GAD contract’s tender document had revealed a total of 12 stations and 12 maintenance depots will be built. Their names still haven’t been revealed though, but I believe they’d come up at or around Himatnagar, Udaipur, Bhilwara – Chittorgarh, Ajmer – Kishangarh, Jaipur, Neemrana, Rewari, Manesar – Gurgaon, with possibly two stations in Delhi.

For more updates, check out the High Speed Rail section of The Metro Rail Guy!

– TMRG