19 Bidders for Delhi – Mumbai Expressway JNPT Spur’s Construction

19 construction firms have submitted a total of 42 bids to construct Packages 14, 15 and 16 of the 1350 km Delhi – Mumbai Expressway (DME) project‘s JNPT Spur after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids today.

The 92 km spur in Maharashtra will connect Virar with Jawaharlal Nehru Port via an 8 lane greenfield access-controlled road skirting around Mumbai. Its construction has been divided into 5 packages: 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. Bidding is underway for Package 17 (current bid opening: August 13), while tenders for Package 18 haven’t yet been invited.

NHAI invited tenders for Packages 14, 15 & 16’s construction back in January with a 2 year deadline.

Bidders:

• Adani Road Transport – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• Agroh Infrastructure Developers – Packages 15 &16
• APCO Infratech – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• Dilip Buildcon – Package 15 only
• DRA Infracon – Packages 14 & 15
• DP Jain & Company Infrastructure – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• GR Infraprojects – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• HG Infra Engineering – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• IRCON International – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• J Kumar Infraprojects – Package 16 only
• JM Mhatre Infra – Package 15 only
• MEP Infrastructure Developers – Packages 14 & 15
• Montecarlo – Packages 16 only
• Oriental Structural Engineers – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• PNC Infratech – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• Prakash Asphaltings and Toll Highways – Package 15 only
• RKC Infrabuilt – Package 15 only
• Roadway Solutions – Packages 14, 15 & 16
• Shivalaya Construction – Packages 14, 15 & 16

Package 14 – Shirsad to Akloli

Brief Scope: Construction of Eight lane access controlled Expressway from Km 3.000-Km 20.200 (Shirsad to Akloli Section-SPUR of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) in the State of Maharashtra on Hybrid Annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana (Phase II-Package XIV)

• Length: 17.2 km
• Bids Received: 12

Package 15 – Akloli to Amne

Brief Scope: Construction of Eight lane access controlled Expressway from Km 20.200-Km 43.000 (Akloli to Amne Section-SPUR of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) in the State of Maharashtra on Hybrid Annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana (Phase II-Package XV

• Length: 22.8 km
• Bids Received: 17

Package 16 – Amne to Bhoj

Brief Scope: Construction of Eight lane access controlled Expressway from Km 43.000 to Km 69.800 (Amne to Bhoj Section-SPUR of Vadodara Mumbai Expressway) on Hybrid Annuity mode under Bharatmala Pariyojana (Phase II-Package XVI)]

• Length: 26.8 km
• Bids Received: 13

All 42 bids have now been sent for technical bid evaluation which can take a couple months 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.

The project’s feasibility report has a detailed description of its route with a list of interchanges, major and minor river bridges, including a 4.39 km tunnel through Matheran Eco-Sensitive Zone – a part of Package 17.

The entire Delhi – Mumbai expressway has been divided into 4 sections with a total of 52 tenders / packages – see a list and their status here.

As shared yesterday in Package 26’s post – while sections of this project may open in 2022, ongoing long tendering delays makes me believe the entire project will be ready no sooner than 2024.

For more updates, check out the Expressways section or my Home Page!

– TMRG