Mumbai – Nagpur High Speed Rail’s Design & Survey Bids Opened

Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMMTS) and four other firms in November emerged as the lowest bidders for 5 packages to help prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the 741 km Mumbai – Nasik – Nagpur High Speed Rail (MNHSR bullet train) project which will connect both cities through 12 stations in Maharashtra.

NHSRCL had invited tenders (bids) for these five packages (and two others) with varying lengths of completion in September dealing with preparing a final alignment design (including aerial LiDAR survey), carrying out a ridership (traffic) study, preparing General Arrangement Drawings (GADs) and data collection surveying work.

Carrying Out Ridership Study (Traffic Study)

• Winner: Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMMTS)
• Period of Work: 120 Days
• Technical Bids Opened: October 14 – 5 bidders
• Financial Bids Opened: November 18
• Bid Values of Lowest 3 Bidders:

Firm	Bid
Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMMTS)	Rs. 44,87,280
RITES Ltd.	Rs. 64,40,000
T&T Consultants Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 65,56,345

Final Alignment Design including Aerial LiDAR Survey

• Winner: SECON Pvt. Ltd.
• Period of Work: 150 Days
• Technical Bids Opened: October 20 – 4 bidders
• Financial Bids Opened: October 28
• Bid Values of Lowest 3 Bidders:

Firm	Bid
SECON Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 14,25,30,900
RITES Ltd.	Rs. 14,41,83,432
Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 14,45,96,566

Preparation of GADs (General Arrangement Drawings)

• Winner: Holtec Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
• Period of Work: 90 Days
• Technical Bids Opened: October 20 – 13 bidders
• Financial Bids Opened: November 18
• Bid Values of Lowest 3 Bidders:

Firm	Bid
Holtec Consulting Pvt Ltd.	Rs. 29,50,000
SATRA Services and Solutions Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 31,32,000
RITES Ltd.	Rs. 33,16,000

Data Collection and Associated Survey Work for DPR

• Winner: Satra Services and Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
• Period of Work: 120 days
• Technical Bids Opened: October 19 – 13 bidders
• Financial Bids Opened: November 20
• Bid Values of Lowest 3 Bidders:

Firm	Bid
Satra Services and Solutions Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 37,80,000
SECON Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 65,13,450
Highway Engineering Magnitude Consortium	Rs. 69,62,000

Preparation of Detailed Social Impact Assessment (SIA) / Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)

• Winner: Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
• Period of Work: 180 days
• Technical Bids Opened: November 2 – 8 bidders
• Financial Bids Opened: November 26
• Bid Value of Only Qualified Bidder:

Firm	Bid
Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 4,49,00,000

If no issues arise during financial bid evaluation, then all five winners listed above should receive a Letter of Award (LoA) in the coming weeks, if not already.

Financial bids haven’t yet been opened for the tenders dealing with conducting an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and identifying utilities and power sourcing options for substations.

The finalization of this line’s alignment is months, if not years, away but the line is expected to partly follow the under construction 701 km Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway (Nagpur Mumbai Super Communication Expressway) which will connect 10 districts of the state.

12 new stations are tentatively planned to be built at Shahapur, Igatputi, Nasik, Shirdi, Aurangabad, Jalna, Mehkar, Malegaon Jahangir, Karanja Lad, Pulgaon, Wardha and Nagpur.

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

– TMRG