L&T Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C4
That was quick! Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the 237.1 km Package C4 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project, after officials from the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) opened financial bids submitted by 3 infrastructure companies / consortia.
Package C4 represents 46.66% of the main-line making it the longest amongst all, and runs elevated from Zaroli Village on the Maharashtra – Gujarat border to Vadodara Station through 4 stations at Vapi, Bilimora, Surat and Bharuch in Gujarat.
NHSRCL invited tenders (bids) for its construction, financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), on March 15, 2019 and estimates it to cost approximately Rs 20,000 crore. Technical bids were opened less than a month back on September 23 to reveal 3 bidders making the period of technical bid evaluation unbelievably short, beating even the time taken by many metro organizations as well.
Financial Bid Values:
| Firm | Bid |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) | Rs 24,985.164 crore |
| Tata Projects Ltd. – J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd. – NCC Ltd. JV | Rs 28,228.392 crore |
| Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. – Ircon International Ltd. – JMC Projects India Ltd. JV | Rs 36,874.706 crore |
IFB Number: Package No. MAHSR-C-4
Scope: Design and Construction of Civil and Building Works including Testing and Commissioning on Design Build Lump Sum Price basis for Double Line High Speed Railway involving Viaducts, Bridges, Maintenance Depots, Tunnel, Stations (Vapi, Bilimora, Surat and Bharuch), and Surat Depot between Zaroli Village at Maharashtra-Gujarat Border and Vadodara from MAHSR Km. 156.600 to MAHSR Km. 393.700, excluding Works for 04 No. PSC Bridges and 07 No. Steel Truss Bridges, in the State of Gujarat.
L&T’s bid was approximately Rs 4,985.164 (24.925%) higher than NHSRCL’s estimate, so it remains to be seen if NHSRCL will (1) award as-is, (2) reduce the scope of work and negotiate to bring the final contract value down, or (3) totally scrap the bidding process and invite tenders again.
If awarded by November-end, a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony can be expected to take place by year-end. Here’s a status of each civil package of the bullet train project – this table is best viewed on a desktop device.
| Package & Scope | Status |
| C1: 1.028 km Underground Station at BKC, Mumbai | Bids Invited in November 2019; Current Submission Deadline: December 21, 2020 |
| C2: 20.377 km underground tunnel between BKC Station to Shilphata, Thane (3 Mega TBMs to be used) | Bid Submission Deadline Passed – No Bids Received |
| C3: 135.450 km elevated line between Shilphata, Thane and Zaroli Village (MH/GJ Border) | Tender Notice Pending |
| C4: 237.1 km elevated line between Zaroli Village (MH/GJ Border) and Vadodara | Financial Bids Opened Today |
| C5: 8.198 km elevated viaduct and station within Vadodara | Tender Notice Pending |
| C6: 87.569 km elevated viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad | Technical Bid Evaluation Underway (3 bids received on September 25) |
| C7: 18.133 km elevated viaduct and station within Ahmedabad | Bids Invited October 8 |
| C8: 2.126 km viaduct, building works at Sabarmati Depot | Tender Notice Pending |
The fabrication and installation of PSC bridges and steel truss bridges over roads, highways, railway lines and canals within these civil packages’ routes are part of 6 separate packages – see all contracts here.
For more updates, check out the High Speed Rail section of The Metro Rail Guy!
– TMRG
Wow,That was quick. I think NHSRCL will award the contract to L&T if they want to meet their deadline. If they scrap the contract and reinvite bids, then it will be a time consuming and increasing cost. I hope NHSRCL will soon award the contract ASAP.
NHSRC is under tremendous pressure to show progress hence evaluation was fast tracked.
Great !!
does it the highest value tender ever in the India for Construction ?
Not sure, but I would imagine yes.
It’s definitely the highest among all tenders I’ve tracked 🙂
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Will it be awarded or retendered as it is 25% higher than the nhsrcl estimation…
We shall soon find out…
Will NHSRCL award, as there is a huge cost difference between the three bidders? Also since C6 is a similar work and tender submitted by same bidders expect LnT to be L1.. question is whether a single party can be awarded such huge project…
This is great news! Hopefully there is some negotiation, and the bid is awarded soon.. What is the completion time for the construction work?
Also, if the tender is awarded in say Dec 2020, when is the actual construction expected to start? Usually it is 6 months, isn’t it>
Yup, 6 months from award is about right as the contractor will need time to mobilize men and machinery. Basic site preparation for photo op can and will start prior.
Basic tender notice did not include a completion timeframe, but from what I see in the tender addendums, it’s 5 years.
Wow, this is such a great news!
Proud to be an L&T ite…..
Hey, I am not able to see the tender awarded update on the website. It looks like a fake news. Isn’t it. If so please mention the official source of information.
Thankyou
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Congratulations🎊🎊
This is such a Good news 🤜🤛🤝👍👍
Is electrical part of scope of this?
That’s part of package E1. Tender notice inviting bids hasn’t been published yet.
Great ,L&T
Who is the consultant involved in electrical part?
Can you please share Who is the consultant involved in electrical part?
Not sure if there’s a separate design consultant for Electrical.
General Consultant is: Japan International Consultants for Transportation Co., Ltd. (JIC) – Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. – Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd. JV
Really gr8 work. Hope the corridor will b constructed asap & v indians can proudly say that our country too has bullet train as well as v can travel @ such a gud speed.
Delhi abhi dur hei…no bidders for C3 package, which is more crucial having undergroung sea tunnels….
C2
NHSRCL have invited bids for this Underground section a year ago, but they didn’t receive any single bid. The main reason for that was that the contract was mainly given scope to Japanese companies. But this when they reinvite bids for this section. They will give more scope to Indian Companies
Package C3 is from Thane to Zaroli village. NHSRCL will invite bids for this section only, once the land acquisition process in Maharashtra will complete
If they want to see the trains on track on time, give the contact to L&T.
It’s a remarkable achievement by the present Government, hopefully they do the Ground Breaking ceremony as scheduled. Things will be made as per the deadline given to L&T.
Sir, I hope 3rd option will not be considered by anyone. And finally congrats to you also that your continuous update thrones the bell in the ear of nhsrcl.
I’m interested this project
Is tender invited for Signalling and Telecommunication works? expection time!!
Is scope of Railway Track also included in this tender? Or a separate tender has been floated or will float for it?
Railway tracks works are not included in this package. A separate tender will be floated for it. Total 3 tracks related packages are there T1 to T3.
Tenders for Packages P2 and P3 were invited last year in August, what’s their status; are they cancelled? Also curious to know why P1(B) and P1(C) packages were cancelled?
Work should be awarded to L&T the L1 bidder if we really want the dream Project to be implemented on time. Retendering is definitely going to kill time.
NHSRCL can negotiate and ask for discount if they feel that the L1 bid is out of their pocket.
what are the project completion period?
Who is consultant and PMS(If there is one) for Package C4 (which bags by L&T)
why Not choose chinese solution, because we are in hot war
When is the project commencement date
This has been awarded!!!
Here is the
BSE link. Congratulations 🙂
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L&T is big construction company
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