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NMRC gears up to provide a daily dose of entertainment to the Aqua-Line commuters through Radio City

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NMRC gears up to provide a daily dose of entertainment to the Aqua-Line commuters through Radio City

NOIDA (Metro Rail News): NMRC is set to provide entertainment with travel in association with Radio City. NMRC is ready to deliver a daily dose of entertainment to the in-transit commuters in association with Radio City. This partnership is set to enhance the rich commuting experience with a convenient and affordable transport mode provided by NMRC. Similar types of arrangements have been adopted for passengers on Board by other metro organizations under UPMRCL.

Radio City will play curated music and Content at NMRC stations and depot. NMRC is intended to make commuter waiting for the metro more exciting by delivering uninterrupted infotainment by associating with Music Broadcast Limited. It is a non-revenue model as executed and operated in the year 2019-2021 by NMRC.
All the prominent RJs of Radio City like GINNI, AADI-HARI, YUVI, and DIVYA will do the live show tomorrow (i.e. on 01.09.2022) at Sector-51 metro station.

Nagaland CM flag-off Donyi Polo Exp. from Shokhuvi station to Naharlagun station

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Nagaland CM flag-off Donyi Polo Exp. from Shokhuvi station to Naharlagun station

GUWAHATI (Metro Rail News): Passenger train services commenced for the first time from Shokhuvi Railway Station in Nagaland to Naharlagun Railway station in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland CM shared this information on its Twitter handle .

In a historic occasion for connectivity and transportation in the North Eastern Region, passenger train services commenced for the first time o­n 26th August 2022 from Shokhuvi in Nagaland Railway station to Naharlagun Railway station in Arunachal Pradesh.

The inaugural service of this train was flagged off on August 26 by Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in presence of Nagaland transport minister Paiwang Konyak, Nagaland PHE minister N. Jacob Zhimomi, Northeast Frontier Railway general manager Anshul Gupta and Lumding divisional manager JS Lakra along with other dignitaries.

For the 90-km-long board gauge route from Dhanisiri in Assam to Zubza in Kohima district of Nagaland, the foundation stone was laid in 2016 and the construction is in process. The earlier deadline was 2020, but it has been extended to 2024. The line is also expected to extend to Aizawl via New Kohima and Imphal.

The first railway station was set up at Dimapur Railway Station which was located in the commercial hub of the state and was inaugurated in 1903. After a gap of 100 years, Nagaland got its second railway station.

Mumbai Metro Line 3 commence trial runs between Sariput Nagar and Marol Naka station

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Mumbai Metro Line 3 commence trial runs between Sariput Nagar and Marol Naka station

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Hon’ble Chief Minister Eknath Shinde & Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off the first trial of Mumbai’s first underground Metro rail, Aqua Line 3 also known as Colaba Bandra SEEPZ. The trial run will be held inside a 3-km tunnel stretch between the temporary facility of Sariput Nagar and Marol Naka station.

MMRCL stated that the trains will be tested on various parameters throughout their 10,000km test runs, including speed, oscillation, and emergency brake distance. He also added that the trial may go for more than three to six months.

The trial run officially begins just days after the Maharashtra cabinet approved a 44% increase in the project cost for Mumbai Metro 3 from Rs 23,136 crore to Rs 33,405.82 crore, an increase of Rs 10,269.82 crore.

82.6% of the underground stations and 98.6% of the twin tunnels have been built so far.

The acquisition of 2.56 hectares of private land and 73.14 hectares of public land has been finished for this project.

Additionally, Aarey Colony’s care shed is almost 29% finished. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has directed the MMRC to conduct the necessary planning so that the first phase can be commissioned by 2023.

UPMRC floats tender for comprehensive AMC of 13 stations security systems for Lucknow metro

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UPMRC floats tender for comprehensive AMC of 13 stations security systems for Lucknow metro

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corpora (UPMRC) float e-tenders for Comprehensive annual maintenance/service contract of security systems like X-Ray Baggage Inspection System (XBIS), Door Frame Metal Detector System (DFMD), and Hand Held Metal Detector System (HHMD) for 13 stations along the CCS Airport to Amausi & Hussain Ganj to Munshipulia section of the UPMRC Lucknow metro rail project.

  • The Reference Number of the Tender is LKSEC-03. The Work includes a Comprehensive annual maintenance/service contract of security systems like X-Ray Baggage Inspection System (XBIS), Door Frame Metal Detector System (DFMD), and Hand Held Metal Detector System (HHMD) at 13 stations from CCS Airport to Amausi & Hussain Ganj to Munshipulia of UPMRC Lucknow metro rail project.
  • The approximate cost of work will be INR 1.53 Crores.
  • Earnest Money Deposit will be INR 1.53 Lakh. The completion period of the Work will be 60 Months. The Document Download or Sale Start Date started on 12th August 2022, Document Download or Sale End Date will be 08th September 2022. Pre Bid Meeting Date was on 23rd August 2022. Bid Submission Start Date was from 28th August 2022, Bid Submission End Dat will be on 08th September 2022. Bid Opening Date will be on 09th September 2022.

7 bidders emerge for the Surat Metro’s Third Rail electrification system

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7 bidders emerge for the Surat Metro’s Third Rail electrification system

GUJARAT (Metro Rail News): Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) released technical bids on Thursday and 7 companies—three of which are consortia—have filed bids for the Surat Metro Phase 1 project for 750 V DC Third Rail electrification system.

Phase 1 of Surat’s 40.35 km is made up of two lines and 37 stops. Early this summer, financial bids for the final civil packages went out, with Line-1’s 11.6-kilometer Dream City Depot – Kadarsha ni Nal section receiving top consideration.

GMRC invited tenders for this major systems contract, financed by Agence française de développement (AFD), in February 2022 with an unknown estimate and deadline

  • The seven bidders are KPTL – Gulermak JV, KEC International, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Linxon India, RVNL – Siemens JV, Sterling and Wilson (SWPL), TEECL – ABL JV

Invitation for bids number is GMRCL/TR/ST/EP-1/2022

The works include Supply, Erection, Testing, and Commissioning of Power Supply receiving & Distribution System, 750 V DC Third Rail Traction electrification, and SCADA System for Surat Metro Rail Project phase-I.

The bids have now been sent for technical evaluation, which could take a few months. The financial bids of the technically qualifying bidders will next be opened to disclose the lowest bidder, who is most likely to be the contractor.

Four bidders emerge for Delhi’s Central Vista DDC contract for a new APM system

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Four bidders emerge for Delhi’s Central Vista DDC contract for a new APM system

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Four bidders of design and engineering companies filed bids for the Central Vista of Delhi’s Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract for a new Automated People Mover (APM) system.

The Central Secretariat Station, which serves the yellow and violet lines of the Delhi Metro and is approximately 3km long underground ring line with 4 proposed stations, will be connected to new government structures being built as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for its development in February 2022.

DMRC issued a tender notice for its DDC contract worth Rs. 8.07 crore estimated value and a 2880-day (7.89 years) deadline in May 2022.

The four bidders are Ayesa India Pvt. Ltd., Consulting Engineers Group Ltd. (CEG), Egis India Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd., SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd.

The name of the Package is DCCD-04.

Engagement of Detail Design Consultant (DDC) for Civil, Architectural, and Building Services including EandM works for the proposed underground Automatic People Mover (APM) system at Central Vista are included in the brief scope of the Tender.

The bids have been sent out for technical review, which might take a few months. The financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will then be opened to expose the lowest bidder, who is most likely a consultant, as well as the other bidders.

According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the system, 20,000 passengers per hour are expected to use it during morning and evening rush hours.

RITES float bids for manufacture and supply of bogies for national railway of Zimbabwe

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RITES float bids for manufacture and supply of bogies for national railway of Zimbabwe

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): RITES a public sector company under the Ministry of Railways is seeking online bids for the manufacture and delivery of Bogies for cape gauge DEMUS to national railway of Zimbabwe.

The reference number for the tender is 2022/RITES/EXPO/NRZ/DEMU/02/BOGIE. Work in the tender is manufacturing and supplying bogies for the national railway of Zimbabwe’s cape gauge DEMUS. Earnest Money Deposit for the Tender is 30,33,000 Indian Rupees. 240 days are needed for completion. The date of Document Download / Sale Commencement was August 19, 2022. Date of Document Download / Sale till September 8, 2022. The start date for bid submission was on August 19, 2022. The end of bid submission will be on September 8, 2022. The date of the Bid Opening will start on September 9, 2022.

This agreement covers the provision of the goods according to their specifications, drawings, and description in the amounts and on the dates mentioned in the contract.
The contractor may be required to provide certain incidental Works/Services (such as installation, commissioning, operator training, etc. in the case of the supply of capital goods/machinery & plant) as a necessary component of the goods under the contract, if so specified.

Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract, the obligation for completing supplies shall be considered complete if the Goods have been supplied to the tolerance of plus or minus 5% of the quantity or of the total value of goods ordered in the contract. Only the supplied quantity shall be paid for as per the terms of the contract.

DMRC construct Sainik Aram Grah for the Indian Army at the Delhi Cantonment

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DMRC construct Sainik Aram Grah for the Indian Army at the Delhi Cantonment

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has built a state-of-the-art “Sainik Aram Grah” for the Indian Army at the Delhi Cantonment in an effort to accommodate and feed Army personnel and their family members visiting the base hospital.

The four-storey structure will accommodate both active-duty and retired Army members, as well as their dependents, particularly those who are in the base hospital, officials stated.

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According to officials, the facility was built in accordance with a contract between the Indian Army and Delhi Metro. For the construction of the heritage line back in 2014, the Delhi Metro had acquired a plot of land from the Indian Army close to Lal Qila.

According to the terms of the land transfer, the DMRC was required to build a Sainik Aram Grah at a site designated by the Army authorities, DMRC stated.

In Delhi Cantonment, the Army finalised a plot of property next to the base hospital in 2019. After receiving clear land, the DMRC began building on the facility in February 2020, and it was just finished, officials. On Thursday, the facility was inaugurated. “Khanpur is constructing another such facility,” they continued.

The transit facility features one mess, four dormitories with 13 beds each, and 46 double bedrooms, officials stated. The Army handled the horticulture and interior decorating.

GMRC floats bids for designing and supplying NCMC EMV & Automatic Fare Collection system of phase-2

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GMRC floats bids for designing and supplying NCMC EMV & Automatic Fare Collection system of phase-2

GUJARAT (Metro Rail News): The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has requested sealed Bids from the qualified Bidders for designing, manufacturing, supplying, installing, testing, and maintaining the NCMC EMV and QR code-based Automatic Fare Collection System based on PPP revenue model for Ahmedabad metro rail phase-2.

  • The Reference Number of the Tender is GMRC/S&T/AFC-01/AHMEDABAD/PH-2/2022. The work includes a proposal for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of NCMC EMV & QR code based Automatic Fare Collection System based on the PPP revenue model for Ahmedabad metro rail phase-2. EMD of the Tender is INR 0.89 Crore.
  • The completion period of Work will be 18 Months. Document Download date started on 12th August 2022. Document Download will end on 27th September 2022. The pre-Bid Meeting will be held on 26th August 2022. Bid Submission started on 12th August 2022. Bid Submission will end on 27th September 2022. The tender will open on 27th September 2022
  • Corridor-1: Koteshwar Road, Vishwakarma College, Tapovan Circle, Narmada Canal, Koba Circle, Juna Koba, Koba Gaam, GNLU, Raysan, Randesan, Dholakuva Station, Infocity Station, Sector 1, Sector 10 A, Sachivalaya, Akshardham, Juna Sachivalaya, Sector16, Sector-24, Mahatma Mandir.
  • Corridor-2: PDPU, Gift City

The Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2 Rail Project is being carried out by GMRC Ltd., a Special Purpose Vehicle of the Governments of India and Gujarat. There are two corridors: the 5.416-kilometer GNLU to GIFT City Corridor and the 22.838-kilometer Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir Corridor, both of which include elevated stations and 01 Depots. Phase 2 of the Ahmedabad Metro was supposed to use an open-loop ticketing system.
Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2 plans to adopt the Smart Ticketing System, which consists of the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) solution and the EMV-based contactless Smart Card & QR Code system, in order to forward the aforementioned ticketing strategy in a timely and cost-effective manner.
The suggested business plan calls for a group with the financial institution serving as the lead bidder.

The consortium would be in charge of putting up the EMV-based contactless smart card system, the QR Code system, and the AFC solution.
The consortium must have the AFC solution provider as a member. In this strategy, a consortium led by a financial institution covers the entire capital expenditure. The prime bidder, FI, has the ability to function as both an issuer bank and an acquirer.

Kochi Metro floats tender for providing an epoxy coating on workshop floor at Muttom depot

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Kochi Metro floats tender for providing an epoxy coating on workshop floor at Muttom depot

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has issued an invitation for qualified applicants to submit online bids (e-Tenders) under two packet systems for the task of applying an epoxy coating to the workshop floor at Muttom depot. 

KMRL/O&M/OSC/CTR/2022-23/09 is the tender reference number and the name of the tender is Epoxy coating for the workshop floor at Muttom Depot. The total estimated cost of the tender is INR 9,90,000 Lakh. EMD is 19,800 Indian Rupees. The total work Period is 120 Days. The date of Document Download / Sale Commencement was on 22 August 2022. The end of Sale / Document Download will be on September 15, 2022. The date of the Pre-bid Meeting is on August 29, 2022. The start date for bid submission will start from 3 September 2022. The deadline for bid submissions is September 15, 2022. The date of Bid Opening will start on September 17, 2022

Only those tenderers’ bids will be taken into consideration for this contract (proprietorship firms, partnership firms, companies).
In the specific bidding process, each tenderer must only make one bid, either individually or as a tenderer. A tenderer may take part in more than one bid as long as they are doing so solely in the position of the subcontractor.
There cannot be any conflicts of interest among tenderers. If a conflict of interest is discovered, all tenderers will be disqualified. In this competitive process, tenderers are deemed to have a conflict of interest with one or more parties if: The Employer has hired a bidder to provide advisory services for the project’s procurement planning and implementation.
If the workers would be working on the same project in whatever capacity, the tenderer lends seconds its employees to companies or organisations that are engaged in consulting services for the preparation connected to procurement for implementation of the project.
A company that has acquired the tender document in its name is eligible to submit a bid if they have previous experience with work that is similar, as described in NIT clause 1.2.2(a).

The tenderer or applicant will be deemed ineligible for participation in the tender process and ineligible applicants in accordance with Clause 1.2.1 of the NIT if they do not meet the requirements outlined in Appendix 6.

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