RITES invites tenders for Railway Electrification works on Gulbarga-Bidar section

RITES Ltd., a Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, has invited tenders through E-Tendering system for the work of “Railway Electrification of 25 kV OHE works including Traction Sub-stations, General Electrification, Civil Engineering Works including Tower Wagon Shed, Service Buildings, Staff Quarters, Track works and Signaling & Telecommunication works on existing track of single line section of Gulbarga (Excl)-Bidar(Excl) section of Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway, Karnataka, India.

  • Tender Reference Number: RITES/CO/RP/EE/REWorks/GRBIDR
  • Estimated Cost of Work: INR 83,75,58,362.00
  • Document Download / Sale Start Date: 15-Dec-2020
  • Document Download / Sale End Date: 05-Jan-2021
  • Bid Submission Start Date: 15-Dec-2020
  • Bid Submission End Date: 05-Jan-2021
  • Period Of Work(Days): 360 
  • Bid Opening Date: 06-Jan-2021 

Scope of work:

Gulbarga (GR) (Excl.)- Bidar (BIDR) (Excl.) is a single line section of 110 RKM(120TKM). The main traffic on GR- BIDR section is the Passenger trains & Goods trains. GR (Excl.)-BIDR(Excl.) section consists of Seven(07) Stations and Six(06) nos. Halt Stations. It falls in the State of Karnataka.

Salient details of the Proposed Rail Electrification are:

  • 110 RKM(120TKM) Railway Electrification work from Gulbarga (Excl)-Bidar (Excl)
  • 1 No of TSS substations
  • 5 Nos. of SP/SSPs
  • 1 No. OHE cum PSI depots.
  • Tower car siding (150 RMT) having Tower Wagon Shed including inspection pit.
  • 2 Nos. of LC gates with Guard Rails
  • Raising Height of ROB parapet wall (10 location)
  • Protective screen for FOBs/FOBs
  • Total 20 Nos. of staff quarters at different locations.

The Nos./quantity mentioned above is only indicative/proposed and may vary during actual execution of the work.

Scope of Present Tender:

  • The Present scope of work includes Gulbarga (GR) (Excl.)-Bidar (BIDR) (Excl.) single line section. In this tender all the works (Electrical, Civil & S&T) pertaining to the electrification of the Non-electrified GR (Excl.)-BIDR (Excl.) are to be carried out. Modifications in the existing signalling system ( indoor and Outdoor) includes modifications at stations, mid section interlocked LC gates between Gulbarga (Excl)- Bidar(Excl) section to suit 25 kV AC Electric Traction System and alteration at a station in connection with Tower wagon shed in Gulbarga (Excl)- Bidar(Excl). Modification/Additions in existing Telecom system between Gulbarga- Bidar section and at control and SCADA centre at Secunderabad.
  • Railway electrification work includes OHE work of main line, yard lines & depots , SP, SSP, TSS/TWS, AT’s, Power Line Crossings, provision of special Mast on bridge & tunnel, fixing arrangement of OHE under FOB/ROB etc, Provision of SCADA including necessary modification at SCADA control centre at Secunderabad, General Electrical works of stations, service buildings and residential quarters etc.
  • Civil work includes land development for TSS, SP, SSP, and along the track for Tower Car Siding (other as per required) etc, construction of 20 nos. residential quarters at different locations, Modification of FOB/ROB (if any) to suit the track electrification work, development of any other site/land if required.

Source: RITES-Tender | Image Credit: Piyush goyal office- Twitter