Tender invited for underground section of Line 8 Extn under Delhi Metro Phase 4

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) launched global tenders for the construction of a 7.46 km underground section under Package DC-05 for the construction of tunnel between Derawal Nagar and R.K. Ashram including six metro stations for Extension of Line 8 (Janakpuri West - RK Ashram) under Phase 4 of Delhi Metro Rail Project.

Scope of Work

Contract DC-05: Design & Construction of Twin Tunnel by shield TBM, Tunnel by Cut & Cover, Underground ramp at Derawal Nagar and Six underground stations viz. Derawal Nagar, Ghanta Ghar, Pulbangash, Sadar Bazar, Nabi Karim & Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Including Architectural Finishing, Water supply, Sanitary installation, Drainage works of stations on Janakpuri West to R.K. Ashram Corridor (Line-8 Extn.) of Phase-IV of Delhi MRTS.

Key Information

• Tender No.: Contract DC-05
• Issue Date: 10.06.2021
• Estimated Cost of Work: Rs 17,136.10 crore
• Work Completion Period: 42 months
• Sale of Bidding documents: 10.06.2021 - 28.07.2021
• Pre-bid Meeting: 26.06.2021 at 11.00 hrs.
• Deadline for Bid Submission: 28.07.2021 up to 1500 hrs
• Technical Bid Opening Date: 29.07.2021 at 1500 hrs

With this tender notice, DMRC has floated all major civil tenders for the construction of the entire 28.9 km Line-8 extension corridor (Janakpuri West - RK Ashram) under Phase 4 of the Delhi Metro Rail Project.

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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