4 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Airport & Challaghatta Depots’ E&M Contract

Four firms have bid for electrical & mechanical (E&M) installation works at Bangalore Metro’s Challaghatta Depot and Airport Depot after Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) opened technical bids on Tuesday.

Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project’s Challaghatta Depot for the Purple Line is currently under construction along Mysore Road by RITES – Power Mech Projects JV through a Rs. 499.41 crore contract awarded in October 2022.

Bangalore Metro Phase 2B project’s Airport Depot at Doddajala or Shettigere for the Blue Line is under construction by J Kumar Infraprojects – AIC Infrastructures JV through a Rs. 182.33 crore contract awarded in March 2023.

The scope of this contract, Package 3 for both depots, includes system installation works such as electrical, cables, lighting, fire safety, HVAC works and UPS system installation. BMRCL had invited bids for it in August 2024 with an unknown estimate and 18 month deadline.

Bidders

• Blue Star Ltd.
• Jakson Ltd.
• Toyota Tsusho India Pvt. Ltd.
• URC Construction Pvt. Ltd.

BMRCL’s Brief Scope: Electrical and Mechanical (E and M) Works Comprising of L.T. Panels, L.T. Cables, Lighting, Hydraulics, Fire Safety Systems, UPS, DG Sets, HVAC for Depots at Challaghatta (Ph-2) and Airport (Ph-2B) under Package-3 of BMRCL Project Phase-2 and 2B.

The bids have now been sent for technical bid evaluation which can take a month 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.

In the coming years, Challaghatta Depot will become important in running smooth operations on the Purple Line, along with the Kadugodi Depot, when the existing Baiyappanahalli Depot gets re-purposed to serve the 57 km Blue Line connecting Silkboard – KR Puram – Kempegowda International Airport.

Here’s a recent drone shot by Drone Maps India showing the progress made at Challaghatta Depot (click here to view large). Inspection and workshop sheds can be seen coming up on the left:

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– TMRG