Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), has invited bids under single stage two packet system for the work of “Construction of Tunnels T14, T15 And T16, Bridges and formation works from Chainage 40+430 to 44+925, including Slope Protection Works and Allied works in Connection with Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri New Railway Line in District Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh State, India.”
- Tender Reference Number: RVNL/BBB/Tunnel/Works/PK-5
- Approx. Estimated Cost of Project: INR 692.17 Crore
- Bid Security: INR 2 Crore
- Period of Completion: 24 Months
- Document Download / Sale Start Date: 23-Aug-2021
- Document Download / Sale End Date: 07-Oct-2021
- Pre Bid Meeting Date: 06-Sep-2021
- Bid Submission Start Date: 05-Oct-2021
- Bid Submission End Date: 07-Oct-2021
- Bid Opening Date: 07-Oct-2021
General Information:
- This work pertains to “Construction of Tunnels T14, T15 And T16, Bridges and formation works from Chainage 40+430 to 44+925, including Slope Protection Works and Allied works in Connection with Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri New Railway Line in District Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh State, India.” Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri is a Single Line New Broad Gauge Railway Line Project taking off from Bhanupali on existing Sirhind-Nangal Dam Section of Ambala Division, Northern Railway.
- The project alignment of project falls in the state of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, India.
Overview of Scope of the Work:
- Construction of Tunnels : Primarily, the work involves construction of tunnels. There are three tunnels between km 40.430 to km 44.925 of the alignment as detailed in preceding paragraphs. The length of each tunnel as given above is based on the alignment finalised during Final Location Survey.
- The chainages of various tunnels are tentative and are for guidance only. These are subject to change based on Final Design and field requirements. No claim whatsoever shall be entertained on account of change in chainages of these tunnels. Bids for construction of tunnels are invited through this “Construct only” contract.
- Construction of Major/Minor Bridges, Access Road and Roadbed: The work involves construction of Major/Minor Bridges between the chainages mentioned in the scope of work. There are Two Major bridges between km40.430 and km44.925 of the alignment as detailed in preceding paragraphs.
- The Roadbed works including slope protection, minor bridges, drainage, retaining structures etc complete on approaches of tunnels to be done through this contract. The access / approaches to portals shall also be in the scope of work.
- The Approach Roads of Total Length approximately 8.4 km & Dumping Yards D-11, D-12 includes the following:
| Approach Road reference no. (m) | AR-12(927), AR-12A(1728), AR-13(1528), AR-13A(1365), AR-14(1141), AR-14A(1688), |
| Dumping Yard reference no. | D-11, D-12 |
- The contract for consultancy for Detailed Design of tunnels and structures have been awarded for the portion of alignment covered under this contract Methods: The underground excavation and support classification is mentioned in specification for tunneling of the bid document. Observation methodology shall be adopted during tunnel construction through installation of monitoring instruments.
- Excavation sequence shall be cyclic with immediate installation of support according to ground classification. The engineer based on record of monitoring program may instruct to increase or decrease support installations, for which payment shall be made as per actual support installed and no additional claim of contractor shall be admissible on this account.
- Locations, Access and Climate: The Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri new Broad Gauge (BG) Railway line is a very important development project undertaken by the Ministry of Railway.
- The major portion of alignment of the new line falls in the outermost Sub-Himalayan and Lesser-Himalayan mountain belt. The proposed alignment passes through Rupnagar district of Punjab and Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.
- The monsoon normally occurs in the mid of June to September. The starting point of this link i.e. Bhanupali is existing on Sirhind-Nangal section of Northern Railway. The project area in districts Rupnagar and Bilaspur are connected by National Highway no.21.
- The physiography of the area can be divided into 4 units-Siwalik Hills, Inter Mountain valley of Sutlej, Kandi/Sirowal formations and Alluvial plains. These run parallel to each other. The area is drained by the Sutlej river basin. Project area is a part of this Sutlej basin.
- There are seven main hill ranges in this area i.e. Naina Devi, Kot, Jhanjiar, Tiun, Bandla, Bahadurpur and Ratanpur. Hence, the geological, geophysical and geo-technical studies have been done along the alignment i.e. beyond the point in the scope of present work.
Bidding Documents can be downloaded free of cost from RVNL website www.rvnl.org and RVNL e- Tendering portal i.e https://rvnl.euniwizarde.com/.
Source: RVNL-Tender | Image Credit (representational): MoR
