Tender invited for construction of undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) today issued tender notice for the tunneling works for 21 km underground including 7 km undersea tunnel using Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) and New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor (Package No. MAHSR-C-2). The tunnel will be between Mumbai underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in the State of Maharashtra.

Scope of Work

Construction of Tunnelling Works including Testing and Commissioning for Double Line High Speed Railway using Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) and New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) between Mumbai Underground Station at Bandra-Kurla Complex (MAHSR Km. 0.773) and Shilphata (MAHSR Km. 21.150) in the State of Maharashtra for the Project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.

Key Information

• The complete set of Bidding Documents can be downloaded from e-procurement portal of NIC from 29.10.2021 (09:00 hrs) to 02.03.2022 ( up to 15:00 hrs) upon payment of a non-refundable fee of INR 236,000.00.
• The bids can be submitted online on e-procurement portal from 23.02.2022 (09:00 hrs) to deadline for submission of bids i.e. 02.03.2022 (up to 15:00 hrs).
• The Bid Security Amount is INR 900,000,000.00.
• Pre-bid Meeting is scheduled on 16.12.2021 at 1100 hrs through Video Conference (VC).
• Technical Bid will be opened online on 03.03.2022 at 15.00 hrs (IST).

The Government of India (GoI) has received an ODA loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) towards the cost of this project.

The 580 km Mumba-Ahmedabad High Speed (Bullet Train) Corridor will connect Ahmedanad (in Gujarat) to Mumbai (in Maharashtra) with 12 stations. The estimated cost of this high speed rail project is INR 1.10 Lakh Crores.