6 Bidders for Pune Ring Road Packages E5, E6 & E7’s Contracts

6 civil engineering firms have submitted a total of 8 bids to construct 136.80 km Pune Ring Road project’s packages E5, E6 & E7 in eastern Pune after bids were opened today.

This 4-6 lane access-controlled highway project by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will be developed under 12 packages (E1, E2, E3A & E3B, E4, E5, E6, E7, W1, W2, W3, W4 & W5). It has been designed with a 120 kmph speed limit and will connect the taluks of Khed, Haveli, Purandhar, Bhor, Mulshi and Maval.

MSRDC had invited RfQ applications for Pune Ring Road’s civil construction in April 2023 and opened bids in June 2023 to reveal 28 firms had submitted applications. 18 of those firms qualified to the next RfP round in December 2023.

While financial evaluation & negotiation was and continues to be underway for the rest of the packages since May 2024, MSRDC in July invited price bids for packages E5, E6 & E7 with a 30 month (2.5 year) construction deadline.

Bidders

• Afcons Infrastructure – E5 & E7
• G R Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) – E6 only
• Montecarlo Ltd. (MCL) – E6 only
• Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd. (NECL) – E5 & E7
• Patel Infrastructure Ltd. – E6 only
• PNC Infratech Ltd. – E6 only

Package (Length, Estimate) & Chainage

• PRR E5 (9.565 km, Rs. 1999.05 crore): Km 72+335 Valati, Taluka Haveli to Km 81+900 Sonori, Taluka Purandar, District Pune
• PRR E6 (16 km, Rs. 1552.07 crore): Km 81+900 Sonori to Km 97+900 Garade, Taluka Purandar, District Pune
• PRR E7 (6.24 km, Rs. 1543.43 crore): Km 97+900 Garade, Taluka Purandar to Km 104+140 Shiware, Taluka Bhor, District Pune

I haven’t looked at detailed designs but looking at the chainage and bidder list for packages E5 & E7, I suspect these sections consist of major tunneling or viaduct work.

Technical evaluation is not required in this round as that’s what the RfQ round was for. I expected financial bids to be opened before the Maharashtra state assembly election’s model code of conduct kicks in.

As mentioned towards the top, financial bid evaluation & negotiations are currently underway for the rest of Pune Ring Road’s packages. Back in May, MEIL, NECL, GRIL, PNC & RSIIL were declared as the lowest bidders for the construction of packages E1 to E4 & W1 to W5 – see details here.

On a side note, the upcoming 700 km Pune – Bangalore Expressway project by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will have its northern terminal at Pune Ring Road.

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– TMRG