Financial Bids for Mumbai Metro’s Line 3 (Colaba-SEEPZ) Opened! Here’s a List of Lowest Bidders

Roughly 2 years after the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation called for prequalification bids from interested construction companies in Sept 2013 and roughly a year after they shortlisted 9 companies in Sept 2014, the MMRC today FINALLY opened all the financial bids to determine the lowest bidders for the 7 civil construction contracts of the 33.5 km Line 3 which will connect Cuffe Parade in Colaba with SEEPZ in northern Mumbai.

View of Line 1 which connects Versova with Ghatkopar – Photo Copyright: Rediff

Here’s a list of lowest bidders along with their contract package details:

•  Larsen & Toubro Ltd/Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd – Contract Package MM3-CBS-UGC-01

Ch. : -488 to Ch. : 3762 including four underground stations and associated bored tunnels together with two tunnel sidings at Cuffe Parade.
Locations of Stations are:
• Cuffe Parade Station: BMC Park (Taj Vivanta)
• Vidhan Bhavan Station : In between Nariman Point Fire Brigade Station and
Vidhan Sabha Assembly Hall (Vidhan Bhavan Assembly)
• Churchgate Station: Jamshedji Tata Road ( Eros Cinema Hall)
• Hutatama Chowk Station: Dadabhai Naoroji Road (Hutatma Statue)

•  OSJC Moscow Metrostroy – Hindustan Construction Co.Ltd – Contract Package MM3-CBS-UGC-02
Ch.: 3762 to Ch.: 7811 including four underground stations and associated bored tunnels.
Locations of stations are:
• CST Metro Station: Azad Maidan close to Mahapalika Marg (CST Railway
Station)
• Kalbadevi Station: Jagannath Shankar Sheth Road (Parsi Temple)
• Girgaon Station: Jagannath Shankar Sheth Road (Maratha Mandir High School)
• Grant Road Station: Dadabhai Bhadkamkar Road (B. Ed. College, Gilger Tank
Building)

• DOGUS – SOMA – Contract Package MM3-CBS-UGC-03

Ch.: 7811 to Ch.: 12868 including five underground stations and associated bored tunnels.
Locations of stations are:
• Mumbai Central Metro Station: Dr. Nair Marg (Mumbai Central Railway Station)
• Mahalakshami Metro Station: Sane Guruji Road (Jacob Circle)
• Science Museum Station: Dr. E Moses Road (Race Course)
• Acharya Atre Chowk Station: Dr. E Moses Road (B.M.C. Office)
• Worli Station: Dr. Annie Besant Road (Glaxo SmithKline Building)

•  Continental Engineering Corporation – ITD Cementation India Ltd – Tata Projects Ltd – Contract Package MM3-CBS-UGC-04
Ch.: 12868 to Ch.: 18976 including three underground stations and associated bored tunnels.
Locations of stations are:
• Siddhi Vinayak Station: BMC Ground (Siddhi Vinayak Temple)
• Dadar Station: Namdar Gopalkrushna Gokhale Road (Shiv Sena Bhavan )
• Shitaladevi Station: Lady Jamshedji Marg (Paradise Cinema)

•  J.Kumar Infraprojects Ltd – China Railway No.3 Engineering Group Co. Ltd – Contract Package MM3-CBS-UGC-05
Ch.: 18976 to Ch.: 23900 including four underground stations and associated bored tunnels together with two tunnel sidings at B.K.C.
Locations of stations are:
• Dharavi Station: Mahim Sion Link Road (Dharavi Hutment)
• B.K.C Station: B.K.C. Road (Income Tax Office)
• Vidyanagri Station:B.K.C. – F Block Road (Uttar Bharat Education Institute)
• Santa Cruz Station Western Express Highway (Wakola Flyover)

•  J.Kumar Infraprojects Ltd – China Railway No.3 Engineering Group Co. Ltd – Contract Package MM3-CBS-UGC-06
Ch.: 23900 to Ch.: 28388) including three underground stations and associated bored tunnels.
Locations of stations are:
• CSIA Domestic Airport Station: CSIA Domestic Airport
• Sahar Road Station: Sahar Road (International Airport)
• CSIA International Airport Station: International Airport

• Larsen & Toubro Ltd/Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd – Contract Package MM3-CBS-UGC-07
Ch.: 28388 to Ch.: 32367 including three underground stations and associated bored tunnels together with a ramp for the depot connection.
Locations of stations are:
• Marol Naka Station: Andheri – Kurla Road ( MML1 Marol Naka Station)
• MIDC Station: Road No.7 – connecting Krantiveer Akhuji Salve Road(Sr. Police
Colony & Vikroli Village Hutment Area)
• SEEPZ Station: Krantiveer Akhuji Salve Marg (SEEPZ Gate No. 1)

Here’s a map to help show you the route & stations through which you can decipher the sections:

Mumbai Metro’s Line 3

Also, here’s a cool little video which goes over this news. The alignment of the section from the Domestic Airport towards SEEPZ is horribly wrong, but we can let it pass 🙂

To put things into perspective, both Larsen & Toubro and J Kumar emerged as the lowest bidder for 2 sections each. The rest of the 3 sections saw CEC-ITD-Tata, Soma and the Hindustan Construction Company emerging as the lowest bidders. Unless these companies now get disqualified, they will all be awarded the contract later this month. After that, preliminary work with site barricading and utility shifting is expected to begin in January 2016. As per my estimates, tunneling work will only begin in January 2017.

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– TMRG