18 Bidders for Patna – Purnia Expressway’s DPR Work

18 firms have bid for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Patna – Purnia Expressway in Bihar after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened technical bids on Wednesday.

This greenfield access-controlled highway under Bharamala Pariyojana Phase 2 will have a length of roughly 220 kms. It’s eastern terminal is expected to be located at Patna Ring Road’s Kachchi Dargah – Bidupur Bridge project.

NHAI invited tenders for this consultancy service in May 2022 with a 300 day completion deadline and unknown estimate.

Bidders

• Aicons Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
• C E Testing Company Pvt. Ltd.
• Consulting Engineers Group Ltd.
• Feedback Infra Pvt. Ltd.
• FP India Project Management Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
• LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd.
• Lion Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
• L N Malviya Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd.
• Marc Technocrats Pvt. Ltd.
• Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
• MSV International Inc.
• RITES Ltd.
• SA Infrastructure Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
• Sheladia Associates Inc
• STUP Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
• Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.
• TPF Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
• Voyants Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

NHAI’s Brief Scope: Consultancy Services for preparation of DPR for development of Greenfield Access Controlled Highway from Patna to Purnia in the State of Bihar under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-II

The highway’s alignment is expected to pass through five districts — Vaishali, Samastipur, Saharsa, Madhepura and Purnia. It’ll run parallel to the Ganga river and pass north of Begusarai and Bhagalpur with a bridge over Kosi river near Simri Bakhtiyarpur.

The 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 consultant.

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– TMRG