Bids Invited for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ TVS, ECS, Elevators & Escalators

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today and over the past week invited bids for the commissioning of the tunnel ventilation system (TVS), environmental control system (ECS), elevators and escalators on the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS line.

The procurement of these key systems, as part of Packages 21, 22 and 23, will be financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

They are among the last few major systems-related contracts that need to be tendered out for installation on this semi high-speed rail line where Bombardier trains will run at a top speed of 160 kmph through 22 stations.

Package 21 – Design, Manufacturing, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Escalators for Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut RRTS Corridor of NCRTC

• Document Sale Start Date: 01-Jul-2020
• Document Sale End Date: 17-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Bid Submission Start Date: 10-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Bid Submission End Date: 17-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Period of Work: 1550 days (3.35 years)

Package 22 – Design, Manufacturing, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Elevators for Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut RRTS Corridor of NCRTC

• Document Sale Start Date: 01-Jul-2020
• Document Sale End Date: 19-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Bid Submission Start Date: 12-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Bid Submission End Date: 19-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Period of Work: 1550 days (3.35 years)

Package 23 – Design, Detail Engineering, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of ECS, TVS, Electrical , ECS -E and M BMS, TVS BMS and TVS SCADA OCC/BCC Systems of 4 Under Ground Stations including Ventilation Buildings on Delhi-GZB-MRT RRTS

• Document Sale Start Date: 06-Jul-2020
• Document Sale End Date: 24-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Bid Submission Start Date: 17-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Bid Submission End Date: 24-Aug-2020 03:00 PM
• Period of Work: 1550 days (4.25 years)

The four underground stations mentioned in the tender notice will be located at Anand Vihar within Delhi, and at Meerut Central, Bhaisali and Begumpul in Meerut – view route map.

With this development, if I’m not mistaken – only one tender notice is now pending for the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) System. Here’s the status of the Delhi – Meerut RRTS line’s major systems related contracts:

Contract	Status
210 Coach Rolling Stock	Awarded to Bombardier
Signalling, Train-Control & Telecommunications	Bids Invited in April
22,000 MT of Head Hardened Rails	Bids invited in Dec ’19; 5 Bids Received (technical bid evaluation underway)
Electrification	Bids Invited in June (technical bid evaluation underway)
Ballast-less and Ballasted Track	Bids Invited in April
Escalators	Bids Invited on July 1 (this post)
Elevators	Bids Invited on July 1 (this post)
Tunnel Ventilation System (TVS), Environmental Control System (ECS)	Bids Invited today (this post)

A detailed status of each civil package can be viewed here.

For more updates, check out the NCR RRTS section of The Metro Rail Guy!

– TMRG