L&T wins Chennai Metro Line-5’s UG6 Tunneling Work
Larsen & Toubro in October-end emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing yet another package of Chennai Metro’s Phase 2 project after Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) opened financial bids for Package UG-06.
This roughly 5.8 km underground civil package consists of twin tunnels and 5 underground stations between Kolathur and Nathamuni of the mostly elevated 47 km Line-5 which will connect Madhavaram and Sholinganallur through 48 stations.
L&T was the only bidder for Package UG06 when technical bids were opened in August, so it was fairly obvious they’d be the lowest bidder when CMRL moved on to technical bid evaluation and onward to the financial bid opening stage.
L&T’s Bid: Rs. 2230.93 crore
CMRL invited tenders for UG06 in January 2021 with a 1395 day (3.8 years) completion deadline. They require a minimum of 4 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be deployed for tunneling here, and out of those 2 must be sourced from Japanese manufacturers, per the conditions laid out by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Tender: CMRL/CON/PHASE-II/CORR-5/CP06/UG06/2021
Brief Scope: Construction of underground stations at Kolathur, Srinivasa Nagar, Villivakam Sub-urban Station, Villivakam bus-terminus and Nathamuni with entry / exit, ventilation shafts, plumbing, earthmat, architectural finishes including signages etc. including twin bored tunnels from Kolathur retrieval shaft to Nathamuni launching shaft and ramps with U – section in corridor-5 of CMRL phase-II project
Like other Phase 2 packages, CMRL’s estimate for this package is also unknown, but I hear L&T’s bid was below their estimate.
With this development, here’s a status of all 5 civil packages on Line-5 (north to south). L&T has been awarded 1 package so far and is the lowest bidder for another 3 packages:
| Package CP10-EV-03 – 10.2 km viaduct, 11 elevated stations and 1 underground station between CMBT and Venugopal Nagar | L&T is lowest bidder |
| Package UG6 – 5.8 km underground section with 5 stations from Kolathur and Nathamuni | L&T is lowest bidder (this post!) |
| Package C5-ECV-02 – 12.431 km elevated section from CMBT to Alwartiru Nagar and from Porur Junction to Puzhuthivakkam with 12 stations | L&T is lowest bidder |
| Lines 4 & 5: Package C4-ECV-01 – 7.955 km elevated section from Power House to Porur Junction with 9 stations | Awarded to Larsen & Toubro |
| Package C5-ECV-03 – 11.61 km elevated section with 11 stations from Puzhuthivakkam to Sholinganallur | HCC-KEC JV is lowest bidder |
Overall this is L&T’s 8th win out of 19 civil packages. A list of all Phase 2 civil packages and their status can be viewed here.
For more updates, check out the Chennai section or my Home Page!
– TMRG
Hey tmrg, it’s been months and yet they haven’t awarded the contract for line 5’s cmbt to Venugopal Nagar section and l&t being the lowest bidder. Any issues where one firm can be contractor for only one package in a corridor?
Hi – I haven’t seen a clause for the elevated section. Really not sure what’s cooking inside CMRL and the cause of the hold-up.
No such rules to the best of my knowledge.
Hi, I’m localite from Perambur, like to know is corridor 3 work already began or been holdup due to biding, pls clarify last month some ppl visited my home and took pictures
L&T and Tata have started some preliminary work for tunneling: https://themetrorailguy.com/2021/05/12/lt-tata-hcc-kec-awarded-chennai-metro-phase-2s-contracts/
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It will come. But time frame cannot be guessed as on date. Hope the reply has clarified your doubt. Keep posting for my updates
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Waiting for financial bids to be opened. I’m as eager as you and others 🙂
When will L&T start their tbm tunneling work ?
Tender was cancelled. Bid opening for new tender is April 26.
Is tender is still not finalised
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