ETA Awarded Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s E&M Contract

ETA Engineering on June 17 was awarded the electrical & mechanical systems contract (DE-03) for the 38.235 km Magenta Line’s new 2.03 km underground extension between Janakpuri West – Krishna Park Extension by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

DMRC invited bids for this E&M package (DE-03) of the 65.1 km Delhi Metro Phase 4 project in December 2020 with an estimate of Rs. 57.96 crore and completion deadline of 36 months (3 years).

Technical bids were opened in February 2021 to reveal 8 bidders. During bid evaluation – Jakson, Set Rico JV, Sudhir Power Projects and Tuaman Engineering’s bids were found non-compliant to the conditions and were disqualified.

Financial bids were opened on June 9. Financial Bid Values:

Firm	Bid (Rs. Crore)
ETA Engineering	48.08
EFKON India	57.64
Sterling and Wilson	57.79
Blue Star	63.56

Brief Scope: Design verification, Detail engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Electrical and Mechanical system including Fire, Hydraulic and DG set, Environment control system, Tunnel ventilation system and Building Management System for Krishna Park Ext Underground station of line-8 extension corridor of Phase-IV of Delhi MRTS

This new 2.03 km underground extension (DC-06) is under construction by HCC-VCCL JV. Tunneling work by TBM Triveni started on January 21 and DMRC recently announced the completion of 500 meters out of 1.4 x 2 tunnels in scope. My last post was on Alstom beating Siemens in mid-June to win its OHE electrification contract.

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– TMRG