Ranjit Buildcon Wins Bhubaneswar Metro Package BBC-03’s Contract
August 9, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. with a Rs. 561,21,96,099.46 contract – see details.
August 1, 2024 Original Post: Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. (RBL) was today declared as the lowest bidder to construct Package BBC-03 of Bhubaneswar Metro’s Phase 1 project which will connect Trisulia Square – Biju Patnaik Airport via 20 elevated stations.
7.122 km long Package BBC-03 is located on the southern-end of 26 km Line-1 and will connect Capital Hospital to Acharya Vihar Square via 6 elevated stations at Capital Hospital, Bapuji Nagar, Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Ram Mandir Square, Vani Vihar and Acharya Vihar Square.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had invited bids for its construction in March 2024 with a Rs. 630.65 crore estimate and 36 month deadline. Technical bids were opened on June 19 to reveal 12 bidders – all of whom passed technical evaluation.
Financial Bid Values
| Firm | Bid (Rs. Crore) |
| Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. (RBL) | 561.21 |
| Dineshchandra R.Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd. (DRAIPL) | 627.00 |
| Ashoka – RKD JV | 631.79 |
| Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (DBL) | 636.08 |
| Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) | 665.57 |
| GR Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) | 673.71 |
| H.G. Infra Engineering Ltd. (HGIEL) | 682.11 |
| Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) | 692.00 |
| Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) | 706.56 |
| Ceigall India Ltd. (CIL) | 720.00 |
| NCC – KNR JV | 750.96 |
| KEC International Ltd. | 920.21 |
DMRC’s Brief Scope: Part Design and Construction of Elevated Viaduct and Six Elevated Stations viz. Capital Hospital, Bapuji Nagar, Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Ram Mandir Square, Vani Vihar and Acharya Vihar Square (excluding Architectural finishing ) from Chainage 625.00 m to 7747.00 m of Bhubaneswar Metro Phase-I MRTS.
Package BBC-03’s construction will be funded entirely by the Government of Odisha and other appropriate means of Bhubaneswar Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL).
All stations’ exact location has been marked out on Google Maps over here. Biju Patnaik Airport Metro Station and the viaduct leading up to it will be constructed as part of a separate package after design approval from the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Ranjit Buildcon’s bid of Rs. 561.21 crore was 11.01% lower than DMRC’s estimate of Rs. 630.65 crore, so a contract should be awarded in the coming weeks without a long financial bid evaluation period.
With this development, I expect basic pre-construction ground work to begin by the end of September and full-fledged construction to start in the middle of Q4 in November-December.
Technical bids for packages BBC-04 & BBC-05 (Acharya Square – KIIT Square – Phulapokhari) were opened on June 19 and evaluation is currently underway. I’ll write a post about their winners whenever financial bids are opened, hopefully soon.
Bhubaneswar Metro project is moving along nicely with all design consultants (SYSTRA & ICT) getting finalized and surprisingly even the rolling stock tender for procuring 39 coaches getting issued.
A list of all Bhubaneswar Metro civil & system tenders and their status / contractors can be viewed here.
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Really nice to see how fast tenders are going out. If this continues, the whole line could realistically open by 2028.
What was KEC’s BD team thinking?
Really heartening to see the contracts are being awarded without much delay despite the election and change in govt. Hiring DMRC was an excellent decision. Now waiting the construction to start in full swing. Hopefully, BBSR metro sets a record in fastest metro construction in India.
Yes Kamal baby, Bhubaneswar metro will set new record and the entire 26 km stretch will open soon
This company does not have a website?
So what if they don’t have website? They were also engaged in the construction of Ahmedabad metro
Seems a bit old fashioned as even a basic website is so easy to make – plus, it would make them look more professional
Looks like it’s under construction: https://ranjitbuildcon.com/
I’m interested in a job
God knows what will be the quality of the project work !!! Must have choosen a good company for the work. Any let’s hope this will not be another blunder !
The Project work quality will be 100% excellent because !! The Government has been selected a good company for this work.
Looks the project will never be completed or will be escalated beyond 700 cr. 11% less quote than estimate means vendor has not understood properly.
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