New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has issued two letters of acceptance (LoA) to L&T Construction as the firm emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) for both lots of contract package-3 of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor. The financial bids of both packages were opened on 26th February 2020 in NCRTC headquarter, New Delhi. The result of financial bids for both packages are as under:-
The estimated value of the contract was Rs 860.00 crores. The scope of work includes the construction of elevated viaduct from Duhai (EPE) to the start of Modi Nagar North and 2 elevated stations viz. Murad Nagar & Modi Nagar South (excluding architectural finishing & pre-engineered steel roof structure of stations) of Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut RRTS Corridor.
The estimated value of the contract was Rs 1096.00 crores. The scope of work includes the construction of the elevated viaduct from the start of Modi Nagar North Station to Shatabdi Nagar Station and 5 elevated stations viz. Modi Nagar North, Meerut South, Partapur, Rithani & Shatabdi Nagar (excluding architectural finishing & pre-engineered steel roof structure of stations) of Delhi–Ghaziabad–Meerut RRTS Corridor.
The tender was invited by ADB and NCRTC in two sub-packages on 10th July 2019 and technical bids were opened on 30th September 2019. This project is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Commenting on this path-breaking order, S V Desai, Senior Vice President & Head–Heavy Civil Infrastructure IC, L&T Construction said:
We are delighted to have been entrusted with the responsibility to develop this unique project, a first-of-its-kind for India which is a reaffirmation of our proven capability to build faster and reliable mass transit systems that are in sync with our strategic goal of aiding rapid transportation infrastructure development.
"The two contracts for RRTS have been secured for packages starting from Duhai to Modi Nagar and from Modi Nagar to Shatabdi Nagar for a total distance of approximately 32 Km viaduct including 7 elevated stations.
These contracts have been bagged against stiff competition and are breakthrough projects with this customer," said in the statement. The contract package 1 and package 2 of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor were already awarded to APCO-CRFG JV and KEC-CCECC JV respectively.
Both contractors have commenced the civil work on the allotted sections of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor.