4 Bidders Qualify for Agra Metro Line-2’s AGCC-07 Contract

Four bidders have qualified for civil construction contract AGCC07 of Agra Metro Phase 1 project’s 15.09 km Line-2 which will connect Agra Cantonment and Kalindi Vihar via 14 stations.

This mega package by Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) includes the construction of the entire line’s viaduct, 14 elevated stations, 530m viaduct to Line-2’s Kalindi Vihar Depot, and interestingly a 2.61 km viaduct from north of Sadar Bazar metro station to Line-1’s PAC Depot built by Lisha Engineers as part of Package AGCC-03.

Its scope includes the entirety of Package AGCC-06 (Agra Cantt – Sanjay Place) which was abruptly scrapped by UPMRC in October 2023 and absorbed into Package AGCC-07’s scope.

UPMRC had invited bids for AGCC-07’s construction in December 2023 with a Rs. 1529.29 crore estimate and tight 24 month deadline. Technical bids were opened in March 2024 to reveal 6 bidders, and bid evaluation was completed today to reveal the following results:

Qualified Bidders (4)

• Afcons Infrastrucure Ltd. (AIL)
• Dilip Buildcon (DBL) – Evrascon JV
• Larsen and Toubro Ltd. (L&T)
• NCC Ltd.

Disqualified Bidders (2)

• Ceigall India Ltd. (CIL)
• T and T Infra Ltd.

Brief Scope: Design and Construction of Main Line Elevated Viaduct from Agra Cantt. Metro Station to Kalindi Vihar Metro Station [Chainage (-77m) to 15016m] including Viaduct Connection with Ramp (Chainage 0.00m to 2610m) from (nearby) Sadar Bazar Metro Station to existing Corridor-1 Depot at PAC ground & Corridor-2 Depot Entry/Exit lines Viaduct with Ramp (Chainage 0.00m to 530m) and 14 nos. of Elevated Stations i.e., Agra Cantt, Sadar Bazar, Pratap Pura, Collectorate, Agra College, Hariparvat Chauraha, Sanjay Place, M.G. Road, Sultanganj crossing, Kamla Nagar, Ram Bagh, Foundary Nagar, Agra Mandi & Kalindi Vihar metro stations including Civil, Associated Ancillary Structures, Architectural Finishes, Water Supply, Sanitary Installation, Drainage, External Development, Fire Fighting, Fire Detection, E&M works and PEB structures in Corridor-2 of Agra Metro at Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

At Agra College Station users will be able to interchange and switch over to the city’s 14.25 km Line-1 (Sikandra – Taj East Gate) where an underground station is under construction by Afcons – SAM India JV as part of Package AGCC-02.

Ceigall’s disqualification is surprising to me as they were just awarded Agra Metro Line-1’s Package AGCC-05 (RBS Ramp – Sikandra) in March 2024. Perhaps they failed to satisfy a particular criteria of the tender’s conditions or failed to submit appropriate evidence with their bid.

UPMRC took 5 months to complete technical evaluation – an unusually long time by their standards. Since this contract will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) through a €450 million loan, I imagine they were awaiting EIB’s approval to finalize evaluation and move to the next stage.

I hear UPMRC plans to open financial bids for this package next Tuesday on August 13, so stay tuned to see who wins! See a list of all Agra Metro Phase 1 packages (civil & systems) and their status over here.

While we’re on the topic of Line-2, UPMRC just invited topographical survey bids for 11.165 km Lucknow Metro Line-2 (Phase 1B) project which will connect Charbagh Railway Station – Vasant Kunj with 12 stations.

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– TMRG