Chennai Metro opens technical bids for Electrification contracts of Corridor 3, 5

Chennai, India (Metro Rail Today): The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) recently opened the technical bids for the two seperate electrification contract packages for supply and installation of OHE, RSS, ASS & SCADA for the Corridor 3 & 5 of Chennai Metro Rail Project Phase 2.

A total of six bidders submitted their bids for design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of OHE and Switching Stations for Corridor 3 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur) and Corridor 5 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to CMBT, including Depot at Madhavaram) under Phase 2 of Chennai Metro Rail Project. The bidders name are as under:-

• Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd 
• Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
• Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.
• KEC International Ltd.
• Linxon India Pvt Ltd.
• Texmaco Rail and Engineering Ltd.

In another contract package a total three bidders submitted their bids for Design, manufacturing, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of RSS, ASS and SCADA for CMRL Phase II Corridor 3 (From Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur) and Corridor 5 (Madhavaram Milk Colony to CMBT, including Depot at Madhavaram) under Phase 2 of Chennai Metro Rail Project. The bidders name are as under:-

• Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
• Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
• Linxon India Pvt. Ltd.

Tender notices for the both contract packegaes were issued in October 2021 with 2350 day (6.44 year) completion deadlines.

Now all bids have been sent for technical evaluation. Once the evaluation completed, CMRL will open the financial bids to reveal the name of lowest bidders.

CMRL has also finalising the contract for other systems like Electrification, Rolling Stock and E&M. Most of civil contracts are already awarded and the construction work is going at full swing.

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