Ircon International Ltd has issued a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to Tata Projects Ltd for the supply and commissioning of railway electrification work for the North Western Railway's Pipar–Bilara, Makrana–Parbatsar, Merta Road-Merta City, Merta Jodhpur (Rai Ka Bag), and Merta–Phulera Sections.
The scope of work includes design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of railway electrification work for the Pipar – Bilara, Makrana – Parbatsar, Merta Road-Merta City, Merta Jodhpur (Rai Ka Bag), and Merta – Phulera sections of the North Western Railway (Package-3) on Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) mode.
The project is valued at Rs 241.06 crore and the completion time for the project is 450 days.
The contract value awarded is 22.30 % less than the estimated cost of Rs 310.25 crore. Tata Projects Ltd quoted the lowest bid value and won the contract for this work out of 13 firms that submitted financial bids for this contract.
Tata Projects Ltd was also awarded another railway electrification contract by Ircon earlier this month. The contract's specifics are provided below – The scope of work for the project includes design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of railway electrification work for Hanumangarh-Sriganganagar-Sarupsar-Suratgarh, Sarupsar-Anupgarh, Madar-Pushkar, Degna-Ratangarh, and Hisar-Suratpura Sections of North Western Railway (Package-1) on Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) mode.
The project is valued at Rs 317.23 crore and the completion time is 600 days.
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