SYSTRA – DB JV Awarded Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s PMC Contract for Systems

SYSTRA – DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH JV on Friday was awarded an approximately Rs. 612.13 crore contract to provide project management consultancy services for major systems of 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project.

This consultancy contract for signaling & telecommunication (S&T) , SCADA and ticketing by India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) comes with a roughly 7 year contract duration and will be paid out in a combination of INR 377,73,06,755.60 and EURO 2,28,77,226.40.

SYSTRA – DB JV’s selection was made on the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method. They not only scored the highest technical score among all bidders, but also placed the lowest financial bid making them the preferred bidder.

NHSRCL had invited bids for this contract in August 2025 and technical bids were opened in mid-November to reveal 2 consortiums participated. Both qualified through that round and had their financial bids opened on January 9, 2026.

Technical Score

Firm	Score
SYSTRA – DB Engineering JV	98.7125
AYESA – ITALFERR – CEG JV	90.7375

Financial Bid Values

Firm	Bid
SYSTRA – DB Engineering JV	INR 377,77,78,755.60 + EURO 22,900,826.40
AYESA – ITALFERR – CEG JV	INR 435,64,43,955.26 + EURO 22,000,038.00

Brief Scope: Project Management Consultancy Services for Works of Signalling and Telecommunication System, SCADA System, and Ticketing System of Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project.

With this development, all major consultancy contracts have been awarded. Back in June 2021, Tata Consulting Engineers – Consulting Engineers Group – Aarvee Associates – PADECO Co. JV was awarded the PMC contract for civil construction works.

SYSTRA – DB Engineering JV will be working closely with DRA Infracon – Siemens JV to commission the line’s signaling and telecommunication (S&T) system which was awarded in June 2025.

All eyes, including mine, are on the line’s rolling stock. BEML is currently building two 8-coach train-sets to test and run up to speeds of 250 kmph. One of my sources indicates that preliminary design is complete while detailed design is underway. If India wants to launch services on August 15, 2027 then the prototype train must roll out by year-end for dynamic testing to start.

Back in April 2025, The Japan Times indicated that Japan plans to provide one train-set each from the E5 and E3 series to India by early 2026 as inspection vehicles, so hopefully we see some rumblings in the next few weeks by NHRSCL as and when they get dispatched.

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– TMRG