6 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 3 & 5’s Electrification Contracts

6 firms have bid for 2 separate contracts to commission Chennai Metro line 3 and 5’s electrification system (OHE, RSS, ASS & SCADA) after Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) opened technical bids on Monday.

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.

These 2 electrification system contracts deal with the northern portion of each line: Line-3’s 25 km Madhavaram Milk Colony – Sholinganallur section and Line-5’s 23 km Madhavaram Milk Colony – CMBT section and their common Madhavaram Depot.

CMRL had invited tenders for both contracts in October 2021 with an unknown estimate and 2350 day (6.44 year) completion deadlines.

Bidders for OHE Contract

• Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.
• KEC International Ltd.
• Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
• Linxon India Pvt Ltd.
• Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
• Texmaco Rail and Engineering Ltd.

CMRL’s Brief Scope: Design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of OHE and Switching Stations for CMRL Phase II Corridor 3 (From Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur) and Corridor 5 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to CMBT, including Depot at Madhavaram)

Bidders for RSS, ASS and SCADA Contract

• Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
• Linxon India Pvt. Ltd.
• Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.

CMRL’s Brief Scope: Design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of RSS, ASS and SCADA for CMRL Phase II Corridor 3 (From Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur) and Corridor 5 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to CMBT, including Depot at Madhavaram)

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 contractor for each contract.

Back in September, Linxon India was declared as the lowest bidder for the electrification contract for both lines’ southern section. Their scope includes Line-3’s 20 km Sholinganallur – SIPCOT 2 section and Line-5’s 24 km CMBT – Sholinganallur section.

Further back in May, Siemens emerged as the lowest bidder for Line-4’s electrification contract. A list of all Chennai Metro Phase 2 civil & system packages and their status can be viewed here.

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– TMRG