National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has issued a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) to M/s Larsen and Toubro Limited for “Design and construction of civil and building works including testing and commissioning on design build lump sum price basis for double line High Speed Railway involving viaducts & bridges (excluding fabrication and transportation of steel truss girder components), maintenance depot, tunnels, earth structures and stations (Thane, Virar and Boisar), between Shilphata in the state of Maharashtra and Zaroli at Maharashtra-Gujarat border from MAHSR Km 21.150 to MAHSR Km 156.600 [excluding Thane Depot] for the project for construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.”
- Tender Reference Number: MAHSR-C-3
- Name of Work: Design and construction of civil and building works including testing and commissioning on design build lump sum price basis for double line High Speed Railway involving viaducts & bridges (excluding fabrication and transportation of steel truss girder components), maintenance depot, tunnels, earth structures and stations (Thane, Virar and Boisar), between Shilphata in the state of Maharashtra and Zaroli at Maharashtra-Gujarat border from MAHSR Km 21.150 to MAHSR Km 156.600 [excluding Thane Depot] for the project for construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.
- Accepted Contract Amount: INR 15,697,00,00,000/-
- Completion Period: 1704 Days
In November, 2022 the NHSRCL invited a tender for Tender Number: MAHSR-C-3
Source of Fund:
- The Government of India has received a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) towards the cost of the Project for Construction of Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.
- It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under this Contract for the Works as described in the title.
- The Government of India through National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) (hereinafter referred to as the Employer) now invites online Bids from eligible Bidders for the construction and completion of the Works as described in the title.
- International Competitive Bidding will be conducted in accordance with JICA’s Single Stage (“Two Envelope”) Bidding Procedure.
- Bidding will be conducted through procedures in accordance with the applicable Guidelines for Procurement under Japanese ODA Loans and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries, as mentioned in Section-V Eligible Source Countries of Japanese ODA Loans.
Eligibility:
- Only those firms shall be eligible to purchase the Bidding Documents and participate in the Bidding process who fulfil the following criteria:
- The Eligible Nationality of the supplier(s) and/or contractor(s) for procurement of all goods, works and services shall be Japan and/or India in the case of the prime contractor.
- In case where the prime contractor is a joint venture, such joint venture shall be eligible provided that the nationality of the partners, both lead and other partner is Japan and/or India.
- With regard to above, the nationality of the supplier(s) and/or contractor(s) can be regarded as Japan (hereinafter referred to as the “Japanese Company”) if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
- Such supplier(s) and/or contractor(s) shall be nationals of Japan and/or juridical persons incorporated and registered in Japan, and have their appropriate facilities for producing or providing goods and services in Japan and actually conduct their business there;
- Notwithstanding (a) above, a juridical person incorporated in a country or area other than Japan that satisfies all of the following conditions can be regarded as the Japanese Company:
- It is a subsidiary included in the scope of consolidation and factored into the aggregated accounting figures of the consolidated financial statement of the Japanese Company made in accordance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan and the related ministerial ordinances; and
- It is registered in the country or area where it was incorporated, has its appropriate facilities for producing or providing goods and services there, and conducts its business therein.
About MAHSR Project:
- Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project is 508 Km long first High- Speed Rail (HSR) network planned to be constructed in India.
- Out of 508Km, 352 Km lies in the State of Gujarat (348 Km) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (4Km) and the balance 156 Km lies in the State of Maharashtra.
- The Construction Work is in progress in both Gujarat and Dadra & Nagar Haveli where 98% and 100% land has been acquired respectively.
- In Gujarat, High Speed Rail alignment passes through eight districts i.e. Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda and Ahmedabad and work is in progress in all the eight districts.
- In Maharashtra land acquisition done so far is 40%.
- The project will entail an investment of 72,000 Crs in the state of Gujarat in both Land & construction.
- So far an expenditure of 14,200 Crs has been done.
- The project will generate direct & indirect employment of 60,000 in Gujarat state.
Source: NHSRCL- Tender Update | Image Credit (representational): NHSRCL
