NCC & RVNL Bid for Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s Packages C4A & C4B

NCC Ltd. & Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) have each submitted two bids for the civil construction of 18 stations (Packages C4A & C4B) of the 149.35 km Bengaluru Suburban Rail project (BSRP).

Both packages on 46.88 km Corridor 4 (known as Kanaka Line) connecting Heelalige – Rajanukunte include the construction of a total of 2 elevated & 16 at-grade stations.

Karnataka’s Rail Infrastructure Development Company (K-RIDE) had invited tenders for both contracts in July 2024 with a 2 year deadline. Technical bids were opened today to reveal NCC and RVNL had bid for both packages.

Update: Per Christin Mathew Philip’s post on X, RVNL bid in a JV with Rithwik Projects

Package C4A

Estimate: Rs. 5,04,11,93,476 (Rs. 504.11 crore)

KRIDE’s Brief Scope: Construction of Nine (9 Nos.) Stations i.e. Elevated (1 No.) and At-Grade (8 Nos.) BSRP Stations of Corridor-4A at Heelalige, Singena Agrahara, Huskur, Ambedkar Nagar, Carmelaram, Bellandur, Marathahalli, Doddanakundi, Kaggadasapura including Civil, Structural, Entry / Exit Structure, Steel FOB, Roof Structures, PEB works Architectural finishes and E&M Works and Detailed Design & Engineering (DDC) with all associated works for Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP)

Package C4B

Estimate: Rs. 5,28,05,09,045 (Rs. 528.05 crore)

KRIDE’s Brief Scope: Design & Construction of Nine (9 Nos.) Stations i.e. Elevated (1 No.) and At-Grade (8 Nos.) BSRP Stations of Corridor-4B at Channasandra, Horamavu, Hennur, Thanisandra, R. K. Hegdenagar, Jakkur, Yelahanka, Muddanahalli, Rajankunte including Civil, Structural, Entry / Exit Structure, Steel FOB, Roof Structures, PEB works Architectural finishes and E&M Works and Detailed Design & Engineering (DDC) with all associated works for Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP)

BSRP’s Line-4 and Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Blue Line in Phase 2B will share a roughly 500m common alignment between Benniganahalli and Channasandra.

All 4 bids have now been sent for technical bid 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 for each package.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in December 2023 was awarded a Rs. 1040.51 crore contract to construct the viaduct and at-grade embankments connecting these 18 stations. A list of all packages and their status can viewed here.

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– TMRG