13 Bidders for Siliguri Bagdogra Airport’s Apron & Taxiway Contract

Thirteen firms have submitted bids for airside civil construction work at Bagdogra International Airport (IBX) near Siliguri, West Bengal after Airports Authority of India (AAI) opened technical bids on Wednesday.

Badgodra Airport in North Bengal is the second busiest in the state and the gateway to the Himalayan towns of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Gangtok, Sikkim. Its existing terminal has a built-up area of 8,000 sq.m and is capable of handling 400 peak-hour passengers.

A new terminal at Bagdogra Airport is under construction by Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) with a footprint of 1,00,000 sq.m (50,000 sq.m in Phase 1) and will be capable of handling 3800 peak-hour passengers.

The new terminal will be equipped with a multi-level car park (MLCP), 10 aerobridges (6 in Phase 1), and its upgraded airside infrastructure with new apron will allow 16 narrow-body aircrafts (eg. A320, B737) to be parked together.

AAI had invited tenders for the project’s airside construction (apron, taxiway etc.) contract in June 2025 with a Rs. 61.85 crore estimate and 450 completion deadline.

Bidders

• ATR Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd.
• Bharat Constructions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Brahma Infra
• Ganga Sagar Singh
• Hardayal Constructions and Projects LLP
• Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.
• Kaluwala Construction Pvt. Ltd.
• Mackintosh Burn Ltd.
• Mayasheel Ventures Ltd.
• Mukherjee Associates Infra Pvt. Ltd.
• NSC Projects Pvt. Ltd.
• Preetu Buildcon Pvt. Ltd.
• S and P Infrastructure Developers Pvt. Ltd.

AAI’s Brief Scope: Development of New Civil Enclave at Bagdogra Airport. SH- Construction of Apron, Link Taxiways and Airside Infrastructure (Phase-I)

The bids have now been sent for technical 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.

Here’s a rendering of the new terminal under construction by KPIL and apron layout of the terminal via AAI’s tender documents:

If things align on the tendering side, then I see a contractor getting assigned by the end of Q4 2025, basic ground work starting in Q1 2026, and full-fledged construction work starting in Q2 2026.

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– TMRG