Tender invited for last underground section of Aerocity-Tughlakabad line of Delhi Metro Phase 4

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) today launched global tenders for the construction of another 6.51 km underground section under Package DC-09 between Kishangarh station  - Saket G Block including building four metro stations of Phase 4 of Delhi Metro Rail Project.

Scope of Work

Design and Construction of Twin Tunnel (Up & Down Line) by Shield TBM, Cut and Cover Tunnel box, Underground Ramp and four Underground stations namely Chhattarpur, Chhattarpur Mandir, IGNOU and Neb Sarai with Entry/Exits & Connecting subways from chainage 5356.285 mtr. to 11867.000 mtr. of Aerocity to Tughlakabad Corridor of Phase-IV of Delhi Metro Rail Project.

Key Information

• Tender No.: Contract DC-09
• Issue Date: 04.05.2021
• Estimated Cost of Work: Rs 1427.872 crore
• Work Completion Period: 42 months
• Sale of Bidding documents: 04.05.2021 - 21.06.2021
• Pre-bid Meeting: 20.05.2021 at 11.00 hrs.
• Deadline for Bid Submission: 21.06.2021 up to 1500 hrs
• Technical Bid Opening Date: 22.06.2021 up to 1500 hrs

Tender for construction of 6.117 km Underground section between Aerocity and Kishangarh along with 4 stations under contract package DC-08 is already floated by DMRC in last month. 

Tender for construction of 6.981 km Underground section between Sangam Vihar and Sarita Vihar depot along with 3 stations under contract package DC-07 is floated yesterday. 

Now Tender for the construction of a 7.46 km underground stretch between Derawal Nagar and RK Ashram, along with 6 stations under contract package DC-05 is pending.

The funding for this work will be provided by the Japanese institution Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) hence Bidding will be conducted in accordance with JICA’s “Single-Stage Two Envelope” Bidding Procedure.

On March 26, 2021, JICA has signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide an ODA loan of Rs 8,390 crores for the construction of three priority corridors comprising of extension of 12.5 km line (Mukundpur - Maujpur), 28.9 km Line 8 (Janakpuri West - RK Ashram) and a new corridor named Silverline spanning 23.6 km between Aerocity and Tughlakabad within Delhi.

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