5 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

5 firms have bid for installing and commissioning Chennai Metro line 3 and 5’s electrification system after Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) opened technical bids on Wednesday.

Both these under construction lines of Chennai Metro’s 118.9 km Phase 2 project will run in a north-south orientation to connect Madhavaram – SIPCOT (45.813 km Line-3) and Madhavaram – Sholinganallur (47 km Line-5) with a mix of elevated & underground stations.

CMRL had invited tenders for significant systems contract in October 2021 with an unknown estimate and 1150 day (3.1 year) completion deadline.

Bidders

• Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.
• KEC International Ltd.
• Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
• Linxon India Private Ltd.
• Siemens Ltd.

Brief Scope: Design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of RSS, ASS, SCADA, OHE and Switching Stations for CMRL Phase II Corridor 3 (Sholinganallur to SIPCOT 2) and Corridor 5 (From CMBT to Sholinganallur)

All 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 supplier.

Siemens in May emerged as the lowest bidder for the 26 km Line-4’s electrification contract.

Things on the tendering side – both civil & systems – are moving along nicely although with some hiccups along the way for its rolling stock. A list of all Chennai Metro Phase 2 civil & system packages and their status can be viewed here.

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– TMRG