Nagpur Metro (Metro Rail News): Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRCL or Maha-Metro) announced that KEC International Ltd. and BNC Power Projects Ltd. (BNCPPL) had become the lowest bidders for the electrification contracts TR-02 & TR-03 respectively of the 43.8 km Nagpur Metro Phase 2 project.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be financing Maha-Metro’s contracts with USD 200 million about Rs.1678 crore.
Package TR-02 (Nagpur Metro Phase 2)
In December 2023, Mahametro invited bids for Package TR-02 with an estimated cost of Rs. 205 crore, and the deadline was 3.4 years.
In June 2024, technical bids were opened to reveal the 5 bidders for this package.
When Maha Metro opened financial bids, KEC International Ltd. was declared the lowest bidder with a total cost of Rs. 207.36 crore.
Work Scope for the Project: The appointed contractor for Package TR-02 will be responsible for installing posts and 25kV flexible overhead equipment (OHE) in all at-grade and elevated project sections.
Mahametro issued the notice and described the design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of 25kV flexible OHE and sectioning posts for the Nagpur Metro Rail Project, Phase-2.
Package TR-03 ( Nagpur Metro Phase 2):
In February 2024, Maha-Metro issued bids for Package TR-03, with an estimated cost of Rs. 344 crore and a deadline of 3.45 years.
In August 2024, Maha Metro opened technical bids for package TR-03 and revealed 6 bidders for the package.
BNC Power Projects Ltd. became the lowest bidder with the total amount of Rs.381 crore.
The work scope for package-TR-03 includes designing, supplying, installing, testing, and commissioning receiving cum auxiliary main cum traction substations for the Nagpur Metro Rail Phase-2 Project, along with managing the 33 kV cable network, ASS, and SCADA system.
Hence, Maha Metro is progressing well with all the construction work. Many projects have been awarded and many have yet to be completed.
MMRCL has so far opened financial bids for 4 system-related packages of Phase 2 – the others are E&M-02 (won by Colossus Infra) T-01 (won by Rahee Infratech) and so on.
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