SAIL emerges only bidder for supply of 1620 MT Rails for Kanpur and Agra Metro

M/s Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has emerged as the only bidder for supply of 1620 MT Rails (UIC 60 / 60 E1, IRS-T-12-2009, 880 grade, Class A) for Kanpur and Agra Metro.

Based on technical evaluation of bids submitted for the subject tender on 13.07.2020, SAIL has qualified as the only one bidder for opening of their Financial Package in accordance with the provision of Tender Document.

The opening of Financial Package for tender KNPAGT-4 is scheduled at 15:15 hrs on 27.10.2020.

In February this year, the UPMRC had invited tenders for the “Contract KNPAGT- 4: Supply of 1620 MT Rails (UIC 60 / 60 E1, IRS-T-12-2009, 880 grade, Class A) for Kanpur and Agra Metro.” 

Tender Details:

  • Tender No.: KNPAGT – 4
  • Completion period of the Work:12 months

The rails proposed to be supplied in this bid are as per IRS-T-12-2009 Specifications (upto ACS No. 4 dated 04.03.2019).

About SAIL:

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is one of the largest steel-making companies in India and one of the Maharatna’s of the country’s Central Public Sector Enterprises.

SAIL has associated itself with India’s economic and industrial progress and development by contributing to important and strategic sectors like Defence, Railways, Metro, Infrastructure, Space, Power, Manufacturing, Irrigation, etc. through effecting supplies to prestigious projects such as Indian’s first and the biggest indigenous artillery gun “Dhanush”, Chandrayaan-2, Mangalyaan, Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal Broad Gauge Railway Project, Manipur (World’s tallest girder Railway bridge) etc.

During FY19 SAIL produced new grades of steel like Superior Performance rails namely R-260 grade and wheels for high speed LHB coaches for Indian Railways; Special quality steel complying to the requirement of Country’s Defence Forces for use in armour plates, gun carriage, ammunition testing and bullet proof applications; API X-70 steel grade for pipe in Oil and Gas Sector; and High tensile, fire resistant, weather resistant structural steel and seismic grade TMT Bars for Construction & Infrastructure Sector.


Source: UPMRC-Tender update | Image Credit (representational): HMRL