IRCON invites tender for supply of Standard Gauge Ballastless Track at Poonamallee Depot, Chennai

IRCON International Limited has invited online bids in two pocket system for Design and supply of Standard Gauge fastening system suitable for 60 E1 1080HH rails on ballastless track structure at near project site Poonamallee Depot, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu,India

  • Tender Reference Number: IRCON/4024/CMRL/C-4/T/BLT Fastening/
  • Name of Work: Design and supply of Standard Gauge fastening system suitable for 60 E1 1080HH rails on ballastless track structure at near project site Poonamallee Depot, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Tender Value: INR 58.48 Crore
  • Period Of Work: 935 Days 
  • Document Download / Sale Start Date: 20-Apr-2022 
  • Document Download / Sale End Date: 19-May-2022
  • Bid Submission Start Date: 10-May-2022
  • Bid Submission End Date: 19-May-2022 
  • Bid Opening Date: 20-May-2022 

Scope of Work: 

  • The Track work Maintenance Manual (TMMM) specifies maintenance policy for assets within the Track Structure and its track permanent materials. This document is provided for the use of personnel responsible for implementing these policies and programming preventive maintenance activities.
  • The TMM lists items when:
    • They are repairable.
    • They have a defined maintenance policy (i.e. the item has a scheduled maintenance activity at a defined interval) ).
    • They require some special maintenance management input and thus will need certain information to be recorded.
  • The TMM specifies:
    • which items are to be maintained.
    • what maintenance is carried out.
    • when maintenance is required.
    • Requirements for managing and reporting the compliance to standards for nominated and scheduled maintenance tasks.
  • The maintenance tasks and minimum frequencies defined in this document are mandatory for all Chennai Metro Rail Project (Corridor I and Corridor II) ) owned track , its structures and assets.
  • Maintainers shall also review any typical situations, consider if more stringent requirements are appropriate and ensure appropriate defect management is carried out.

Types of Track:

  • The track forms in main line are:
    • Slab track for tunnel, cut & cover and turnouts sections.
    • Plinth track for viaduct and ramp sections.
    • Floating Slab Track or High Attenuation Sleepers for Vibration mitigation at sensitive locations of underground sections.
  • The track-forms in depot aree:
    • Slab track : For all outdoor tracks.
    • Slab track with embedded rails for stabling yard, road level crossings/pathways, lifting bay shed.
    • Rail discretely supported on depot concrete foundation : for workshop lines, bogie washing line.
    • Track on steel column: for the inspection pit tracks.
  • Track plinth (similar to viaduct): for the ramp access  to the depot (from Koyambedu mainline station) .

About IRCON International Limited:

  • IRCON International Limited (IRCON), a Schedule “A” & Mini Ratna-I Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU), incorporated by the Ministry of Railways, Central government, under the Companies Act, 1956 on 28th April 1976 originally under the name Indian Railway Construction Company Limited.
  • IRCON is an integrated engineering and construction company in India operating since last 44 years with specialization in major turnkey infrastructure projects, including Railways, Roads, Highways, Bridges, Flyovers, Tunnels, Aircraft maintenance hangars, Runways, EHV sub-stations, Metro & MRT, and others.

The complete documents can be downloaded from  https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app


Source: IRCON-Tender | Image Credit (representational): MoR