CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) opened technical bids for two underground contracts for Line-4 under Phase-2 of Chennai Metro on Monday. The details of both contracts along with bidders name is given below –
Package UG-01
This section of 5.15 km will include construction of twin tunnels from Light House to Bharathidasan Road along with four stations at Light House, Kutchery Road, Alwarpet, Bharathidasan Road and an underground stabling yard and cross over at Light House Station. Construction of interchange station at Thirumayilai (Line-3 and Line-4) will be carried out under Package UG-04 of Line-3. The names of bidders for this section are –
- ITD Cementation India Ltd
- J Kumar Infraprojects – Patel Infra JV
- Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T)
- Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat ve Taahhut A.S.
- Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd (STEC)
Tender Number: CMRL/CON/PHASE-II/C4-UG-01/2021
Name of Work: Construction of underground stations at Light House, Kutchery Road, Alwarpet, Bharathidasan Road including underground stabling yard and cross over at Light House Station and associated twin tunnel, project start from chainage 0+001m to end chainage 5+150m (down line).
Package UG-02
This section of 4.877 km will include construction of twin tunnels from Boat Club to Kodambakkam Flyover along with five stations at Boat Club, Nandanam, Panagal Park, Kodambakkam, Kodambakkam Flyover and an underground crossover at Panagal Park Station. The names of bidders for this section are –
- ITD Cementation India Ltd
- Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T)
- Dogus Insaat Ve Ticaret A.S. – JMC Projects JV
- Gulermak Agir Sanayi Insaat ve Taahhut A.S.
- Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd (STEC)
Tender Number: CMRL/CON/PHASE-II/C4-UG-02/2021
Name of Work: Construction of underground stations at Boat Club, Nandanam, Panagal Park, Kodambakkam, Kodambakkam Flyover including underground crossover at Panagal Park Station and associated twin tunnel, cut & cover box, U section and ramp project start from chainage 5+150m to end chainage 10+0.27m (down line).
Tenders for both these contracts were invited in February this year with completion period of 48 months. Now bids for these contracts will be sent for technical evaluation which will take a couple of months. After that, financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened which will reveal the name of the lowest bidders and the most likely winners of these contracts. Both these contracts will be funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Line-4 of Chennai Metro Rail Project under Phase-2 comprises construction of 26.1 km long corridor connecting Light House with Poonamallee with 28 stations on the route. The corridor will be both elevated and underground (18 elevated & 10 underground stations) with 16.03 km will be elevated while 10.07 km to be underground.
