PNC & Ashoka Win Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Work in Karnataka

PNC Infratech and Ashoka Buildcon on Tuesday emerged as the lowest bidders to construct Packages 2 and 4 in Karnataka of the Solapur-Kurnool-Chennai Economic Corridor (NH-150C), which forms the southern section of what’s known as Surat – Chennai Expressway.

This new 1271 km six-lane partially access-controlled highway by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will have a mix of greenfield and brownfield-upgraded sections with an alignment passing by Nasik, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Kalaburgi, Kurnool, Kadappa & Tirupati to link Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.

NHAI invited tenders for their construction by hybrid annuity model (HAM) in December 2021 with a 2.5 year deadline.

Package 2 (Badalal to Maradgi S Andola)

• Length: 71 km
• Bids Received: 15 (see list)
• NHAI’s Estimate: Rs. 1769.02 crore

Financial Bid Values (Lowest 5):

Firm	Bid (Rs. crore)
PNC Infratech	1575
Dilip Buildcon	1636
Patel Infrastructure	1695.75
Ashoka Buildcon	1716
GR Infraprojects	1717

Package 2’s Brief Scope: Construction of 6 Lane with Access Controlled Greenfield Highway from km 26.000 to km 97.000 MH or KN Border (Badadal) to Maradgi S Andola section of NH150C (Pkg-2 of Akkalkot to KN or TS Border section) on HAM under Bharatmala Pariyojna

Package 4 (Baswantpur to Singnodi)

• Length: 40.6 km
• Bids Received: 13 (see list)
• NHAI’s Estimate:  Rs. 1169.22 crore

Financial Bid Values (Lowest 5):

Firm	Bid (Rs. crore)
Ashoka Buildcon	1079
Shankarnarayana Constructions	1087.37
Dilip Buildcon	1118
GR Infraprojects	1118
Rajpath	1199

Package 4’s Brief Scope: Development of 6 lane Access Controlled Greenfield Highway from Km 162.500 to Km 203.100 Baswantpur to Singnodi section of NH 150C (Pkg 4 of Akkalkot KNT or TS Border) on HAM under Bharatmala Pariyojna

The lowest bids were well below NHAI’s estimates, so contracts should be awarded in the coming weeks.

I hear financial bids for Package 3 (Maradgi S Andola to Baswantpur) have also been opened, and either DBL or PNC has won it. If someone is aware, leave a comment below or send me a message via the contact page.

A tender notice for the 26 km Package 1 (Akkalkot to MH/KN Border at Badadal) is still pending. A list of this economic corridor’s packages and their status can be viewed here.

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– TMRG