CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): 6 firms submitted bids for 2 different contracts to commission the electrification system for lines 3 and 5 of the Chennai Metro (OHE, RSS, ASS, & SCADA) after Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) released technical bids on 17th October.
Both of these lines, which are now under construction as part of Chennai Metro’s 118.9 km Phase 2 project, would connect Madhavaram – SIPCOT (Line-3, 45.813 km) and Madhavaram – Sholinganallur (Line-5, 47 km) with a combination of elevated and underground stations.
The 25 km Madhavaram Milk Colony – Sholinganallur stretch of Line-3 and the 23 km Madhavaram Milk Colony – CMBT section of Line-5 are covered under these two electrification system contracts.
CMRL had floated tenders for both contracts in October 2021 with an unknown estimate and 2350-day (6.44 year) completion deadlines.
Bidders for OHE Contract are:
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.
KEC International Ltd.
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
Linxon India Pvt Ltd.
Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
Texmaco Rail and Engineering Ltd.
The work includes: Design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of OHE and Switching Stations for CMRL Phase II Corridor 3 (From Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur) and Corridor 5 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to CMBT, including Depot at Madhavaram)
Bidders for RSS, ASS and SCADA Contract
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
Linxon India Pvt. Ltd.
Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
The work includes: Design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of RSS, ASS and SCADA for CMRL Phase II Corridor 3 (From Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur) and Corridor 5 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to CMBT, including Depot at Madhavaram).
The bids have been sent for technical evaluation process, which can take few months to complete. The financial bids submitted by the technically qualified bidders will be opened to identify the lowest bidder and most likely contractor for each contract.
Linxon India was acknowledged as the lowest bidder for the electrification contract for the southern section of both lines back in September. They cover the 24 km CMBT – Sholinganallur part of Line-5 and the 20 km Sholinganallur – SIPCOT 2 section of Line-3.
Siemens emerges as the lowest bidder for the electrification contract of Line-4 in May.
