DBL wins Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Package 3 in Karnataka

Dilip Buildcon Ltd (DBL) on Tuesday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct 65.5 km Package 3 of the Solapur – Kurnool – Chennai Economic Corridor (NH-150C), which forms the southern section of what’s known as Surat – Chennai Expressway.

This new 1271 km six-lane access-controlled highway by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will have a mix of greenfield and brownfield-upgraded sections with an alignment passing by Nasik, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Kalaburgi, Kurnool, Kadappa & Tirupati to link Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.

65.5 km Package 3 will connect Maradgi S. Andola to Baswantpur. NHAI invited tenders for its construction by hybrid annuity model (HAM) in December 2021 with a 2.5 year deadline and Rs. 1606.85 crore estimate. Technical bids were opened in February to reveal 17 bidders.

Financial Bid Values (Lowest 5):

Firm	Bid (Rs. crore)
Dilip Buildcon	1589
PNC Infratech	Unconfirmed
Shankarnarayana Constructions	1641.23
Patel Infrastructure	1624.87
DP Jain	1697

Brief Scope: Development of 6 lane Access Controlled Greenfield Highway from km. 97.000 to km 162.500 Maradgi S Andola to Baswantpur section of NH150C (Pkg-3 of Akkalkot KNT or TS Border) under Bharatmala Pariyojna on HAM

DBL’s bid of Rs. 1589 crore was well below NHAI’s Rs. 1606.85 crore estimate, so a contract should be awarded in the coming weeks.

With this development, the likely contractors for 3 of 4 packages of the Akkalkot, MH to Karnataka/Telangana Border section are now known: PNC Infratech (Package 2), Dilip Buildcon (Package 3) and Aashoka Buildcon (Package 4).

A list of this economic corridor’s packages, scope and their status can be viewed here.

For more updates, check out the Expressway section or my Home Page! Sign up for free instant email notifications on new posts over here. Like this post? See how you can get early-access to updates and support the site over here.

– TMRG