CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): CMRL invites online tender through E-procurement bids on Quality-Cost Based Selection (QCBS) for the NIT No- CMRL-P2-GC-02-2021- “Selection of General Consultant (GC) for Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 Project – Corridor 4 and part of Corridor-3&5”.
Important Details
Tender Number – CMRL-P2-GC-02-2021
Name of Work – Selection of General Consultant (GC) for Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2 Project – Corridor 4 and part of Corridor-3 & 5.
Period of Work – 63 Months
Pre Bid Meeting Date – 16-Jun-2021 03:00 PM
Document Download Start Date – 02-Jun-2021 09:00 AM
Document Download End Date – 14-Jul-2021 06:00 PM
Bid Submission Start Date – 01-Jul-2021 09:00 AM
Bid Submission End Date – 14-Jul-2021 06:00 PM
Bid Opening Date – 15-Jul-2021 06:00 PM
For more information and details on scope of work, tender documents can be downloaded by applicants from the CPP Portal – http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app
Corridor-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.
Phase-2 of Chennai Metro comprises construction of three lines covering a total of 118.9 km to be built at a cost of INR 61,843 crores with all three corridors are expected to be operational by the year 2026.
CMRL authorities have pulled another tender against the one that was dropped. The whole set of clauses mentioned for the active tender feels favorable for 1 or 2 of the firms while the other participants are left at a serious disadvantage.
The clauses for marking are tailored in such a way that only 1 consortium can bid & if any other dare to participate, cannot compete on technical marks.
CMRL authorities should scrutinize the tender and establish a transparent evaluation.
Update on CMRL PHASE 2 Tender which was submitted on 14.08.2021