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RFP/NIT issued on 26.05.2026.
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RFP for Construction of new 2-Lane/4- Lane Major bridges at km 3.500 on Kali River, km 39.840 on Ganga River, km 53.250 on Ram Ganga River and 03 Minor Bridges at km 31.425, km 31.710, km 44.665 of NH-730C in the state of Uttar Pradesh on EPC mode.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways · Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh2026_MoRTH_910293_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
26 May 2026
24 Aug 2026
₹480.6 Cr
₹4.8 Cr
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
RFP/NIT issued on 26.05.2026.
Last date for queries was 24.06.2026; the pre-bid meeting was scheduled for 25.06.2026.
11.08.2026 at 15:00 IST, extended from the original 10.07.2026 deadline through Corrigenda III, V and VI.
Technical bids are to be opened on 12.08.2026 at 15:00 IST.
At least 120 days from the final Bid Due Date, extendable by mutual consent.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
Rs. 480.59 crore excluding GST; bidders must make their own assessment of actual cost.
The RFP generally states Rs. 4.81 crore, while the responsiveness clause states Rs. 4,80,59,000; permitted forms are Insurance Surety Bond, account-payee demand draft, banker's cheque, e-BG or physical BG. Security must remain valid at least 180 days from Bid Due Date, including a 60-day claim period.
Rs. 50,000 through BharatKosh/NTRP in favour of the Regional Pay & Accounts Officer, MoRTH, Lucknow; upload proof with the bid.
Performance Security is 3% of Bid Price, normally due within 30 days of LOA and valid until 60 days after the DLP. Additional Performance Security applies to abnormally low bids under Corrigendum-I and must be an e-Bank Guarantee; surety bond is not accepted for APS.
Retention is 6% from each works payment, capped at 5% of Contract Price. Mobilisation advance is 10% in two 5% instalments, and qualifying new key equipment can receive up to 5%; advances carry Bank Rate + 3% interest and require security for 110% of each instalment.
The EPC price is lump-sum and includes duties, taxes other than GST, royalties, cess, fees and utility shifting. Stage payments are certified progressively; payment is due within 30 days of the Stage Payment Statement, with Bank Rate + 3% interest for delay. Price adjustment applies to specified labour/material/input indices.
Every pass/fail eligibility and qualification requirement: experience and past performance, turnover/net worth, registrations and certifications, consortium/JV rules, and debarment or blacklisting conditions.
A natural person, private entity or JV may bid; no bidder or JV member may submit or participate in more than one bid. Conditional or qualified bids are liable to rejection.
Bidders must have no prohibited conflict of interest, must comply with the cited debarment rules, and neither the bidder nor any JV member may be a non-performing party on the bid date. The Authority may reject an otherwise eligible bidder based on disclosed adverse performance.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India is eligible only if registered with the Competent Authority; corresponding restrictions apply to subcontractors.
Available bid capacity must exceed the total bid value and is calculated as A × N × 2.5 – B + C, using maximum annual civil-work execution, existing/awarded commitments and the EPC bonus prescribed in the clause.
Over the preceding five financial years the bidder must have eligible construction payments/self-construction exceeding Rs. 480.59 crore, as adjusted under the RFP.
Latest qualification amendment requires either two completed similar works each costing at least 25% of estimated cost or one completed similar work costing at least 35%. Each claimed work must be over 90% complete; client certificates are required, and subcontract/JV claims need Government Authority/client approval limited to the permitted share.
The project is a Standalone Specialized Project. The sole bidder/lead JV member must demonstrate the amended standalone bridge experience in the preceding seven financial years, including the 80%-of-longest-span-or-100 m test and 40%-of-bridge-length-or-2 km test; the circular permits the span and length tests to be shown through one or two projects.
For projects above Rs. 100 crore, latest amendment requires net worth of 10% of estimated cost and updated average annual turnover over five years of 20% of estimated cost (arithmetically Rs. 48.059 crore and Rs. 96.118 crore on Rs. 480.59 crore).
Maximum three members. Lead member must meet at least 60% of bid capacity, technical capacity and financial capacity; every other member at least 20%; JV collectively 100%. Each member must hold at least 26% equity/shareholding, and the lead member must undertake at least 51% of total project-highway length. Members are jointly and severally liable through the DLP.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Design, engineering, procurement and construction of new 2-lane/4-lane bridges and associated highway works on NH-730C in Uttar Pradesh: major bridges over Kali, Ganga and Ram Ganga and three minor bridges at the stated chainages.
The five work zones total 4.538 km: Kali 3+006–3+975 (969 m); minor-bridge zone 31+405–31+716 (311 m); Ganga 38+943–40+482 (1,539 m); minor-bridge zone 44+490–44+840 (350 m); Ram Ganga 52+531–53+900 (1,369 m).
Kali: new 2-lane RHS bridge, 4 × 30 m = 120 m, PSC girder at Ch. 3+520. Ganga: new 4-lane LHS bridge, 1 × 32 + 16 × 36 + 1 × 32 = 640 m, PSC box girder at Ch. 39+840. Ram Ganga: new 4-lane LHS bridge, 1 × 32 + 17 × 36 + 1 × 32 = 676 m, PSC box girder at Ch. 53+250. Existing opposite-side bridges are retained per pre-bid reply.
Minor bridges: Ch. 31+425 LHS, 1 × 40 m; Ch. 31+710, twin 1 × 30 m; Ch. 44+665, twin 1 × 30 m. Also includes a grade-separated four-arm VUP at km 39+260 and widening of culverts at 38+950 and 39+220.
Flexible pavement, service/slip roads, approaches, 1,301 m covered RCC drains plus earthen drainage, safety/protection works, minimum 191 street lights and high-mast lights, and Panchal Ghat facilities including access, parking, sanitation, drinking water, solar lighting and landscaping.
Completion is 30 months. Corrigendum-IV milestones are 320 days/10% billing; 548 days/35% and all bridges started; 776 days/70% and all facilities started. Maintenance is 10 years from actual completion, subject to the contract's asset-specific DLP provisions.
Apply IRC:SP:73-2018, IRC:SP:84-2019, MoRTH Specifications for Road and Bridge Works and stated project deviations; Good Industry Practice applies where no specification exists. Nil/excluded items include toll plazas, truck lay-bys/terminals/wayside amenities, rest areas, bus bays/shelters, new ROB/RUB works, marine-environment works and hill-road special requirements.
The complete checklist of documents to submit — mandatory vs conditional, with any prescribed formats, proformas or annexures — plus how to submit: portal and mode, envelope/cover structure, digital signature requirements, signing and attestation rules, and physical originals with their deadline.
Single-stage, two-part bid. Upload the authoritative technical and financial bid on CPPP; BIMS technical submission is optional under the later BIMS circular, although date corrigenda still say to use both portals. If operationally possible, submit on both, but ensure CPPP is complete.
Class-III DSC in the authorized signatory/firm/owner name is mandatory. Prepare separate PDF or RAR files not exceeding 30 MB and submit through CPPP using the authorized representative's digital signature.
Bid documents must be in English, typed, signed in indelible blue ink, with alterations initialled. Physical-original timing is contradictory: Corrigendum-VI says within five working days of Bid Due Date by 15:00, while amended Clause 2.11.2 places originals on the lowest bidder before LOA. Safest course is to prepare and deliver all listed originals within five working days in a sealed, correctly marked envelope, while seeking written confirmation.
Seal and mark the physical package with project identification, bidder name/address and Bid Due Date. Deliver to either the Chief Engineer (North-II), MoRTH, Transport Bhawan, New Delhi, or the Chief Engineer–Regional Office, NH Bhawan, Lucknow, as stated in Clause 2.11.4.
Every corrigendum/addendum in order — what changed (original vs amended value), its impact, and the action for the bidder — ending with the values that finally apply.
Superseded all earlier APS clauses. For abnormally low bids, APS follows the 30.06.2026 circular; APS must be an e-BG only, with staged release linked to timely COD, PCI/IRI and DLP, and a non-refundable 5% of APS penalty for each failed biannual PCI/IRI assessment.
Raised service/slip-road design traffic from 10 msa to 20 msa; classified the work as a Standalone Specialized Project; shifted geotechnical investigation and hydrology procurement to the bidder; clarified retained/proposed bridge sides; deleted the integral-minor-bridge mandate; and issued revised GADs, service-road plan/profile and updated TCS drawings.
Clarified the specialized bridge test: where longest span exceeds 60 m, experience must meet 80% of the longest span or 100 m, whichever is less, plus 40% of bridge length or 2 km, whichever is less; the two tests may come from one or two projects.
Made BIMS technical-proposal submission optional and confirmed evaluation is based on CPPP; non-submission on BIMS cannot by itself cause rejection.
Issued Schedules E–R (except separately issued H and N), replaced qualification provisions, raised net worth to 10% and average turnover to 20% of estimated cost, imposed two-at-25% or one-at-35% similar-work criteria, tightened standalone bridge experience to seven financial years, confirmed 26% minimum JV equity per member, and supplied project milestones and testing/permit obligations.
Bid submission moved from 10.07.2026 to 20.07.2026, then 27.07.2026, and finally 11.08.2026 at 15:00 IST; opening moved finally to 12.08.2026 at 15:00 IST. Final physical-document wording is within five working days of Bid Due Date by 15:00.
Bid due 11.08.2026 15:00 IST; opening 12.08.2026 15:00 IST; cost Rs. 480.59 crore excluding GST; bid validity 120 days; service roads 20 msa; standalone-specialized qualification under Corrigendum-IV; APS by e-BG only; CPPP is the evaluation portal and BIMS is optional under its specific circular.
Genuine conflicts within and across the documents (original vs corrigenda, clause vs annexure, tender document vs BOQ): both sides with citations, and which value prevails.
General clauses say Rs. 4.81 crore, but the responsiveness clause says Rs. 4,80,59,000. No corrigendum expressly resolves the amount; seek written confirmation and do not submit less than the exact responsiveness figure.
Corrigendum-VI requires physical documents within five working days of Bid Due Date, but Clause 2.11.2 says only the lowest bidder submits originals before LOA. No clear ruling resolves this; comply with the earlier/all-bidder deadline conservatively and seek confirmation.
Corrigendum-VI says bids must be submitted on CPPP and BIMS, while the specific BIMS circular says BIMS is purely optional and CPPP alone is evaluated. The specific portal circular prevails on evaluation, but dual submission is prudent.
RFP/NIT and latest Schedule-J use 30 months, while the draft Agreement uses 912 days. The later project-specific Corrigendum-IV Schedule-J and RFP wording support 30 months, but the contract should be corrected before signing.
RFP and notice state a blanket 10-year maintenance/DLP, while the Agreement gives 5 years for flexible pavement and 10 years for rigid/perpetual pavement and stand-alone major bridges/tunnels. The more specific Agreement categories govern asset-by-asset, but the bid should price the overall 10-year maintenance obligation.
Original Schedule-B states 12.775 m for the Kali/typical 2-lane deck, while the pre-bid reply states 12.875 m. The later pre-bid reply prevails.
RFP calls Rs. 480.59 crore an estimate, Schedule-H calls it the Contract Price, the draft Agreement leaves Contract Price blank, and the BOQ contains zero placeholders and unrelated sluice-valve chamber item text. The bidder's accepted Appendix-IB/BOQ price should become the Contract Price; the BOQ template needs correction before bid submission.
Tender title, Schedule-B and original drawing key map use different design chainages for several bridges. Revised corrigendum GADs govern Kali at 3+520 and Ram Ganga at 53+250, but all structure coordinates and remaining minor-bridge chainages should be confirmed in a coordinated issue.
Only critical, tender-specific pre-bid queries that could materially change bid/no-bid, pricing, eligibility or contractual risk. Skip generic or obvious questions the documents already answer clearly.
Please issue a clean, project-specific financial template and confirm whether the bid is a single EPC lump-sum amount or percentage excess/less; the supplied BOQ contains zero placeholders and unrelated sluice-valve chamber items, creating rejection and pricing risk.
Confirm the exact Bid Security amount (Rs. 4.81 crore or Rs. 4,80,59,000) and issue a single definitive list/timing/address for physical originals, resolving the all-bidder five-working-day rule versus lowest-bidder-before-LOA rule.
Issue one authoritative structure schedule with coordinates, span centrelines and precedence for every revised GAD/TCS; specifically reconcile Kali, Ganga, Ram Ganga and minor-bridge chainages and confirm whether the ROB at km 36+645 is retained-only or carries any work scope.
Define contractual minimum/maximum quantities and payable Change-of-Scope thresholds for tentative drains, barriers, walls, culverts and bridge dimensions; current clauses shift material increases to the contractor without positive Change of Scope.
Provide available bore logs, hydrology/flood data, parcel-wise ROW/encumbrance status and a responsibility/status matrix for river, irrigation, flood-control, tree-felling, mining/borrow-area, groundwater, pollution and utility approvals, or confirm time/cost relief where bidder-obtained information/approvals delay the programme.
Replace the unresolved '[***]' visual/physical test placeholder in Schedule-K with a complete acceptance-test schedule before bid closing/contract signing.
Commercial, legal and execution risks a bidder should weigh: liquidated damages and penalties, unusual or one-sided clauses, tight timelines, and payment or security risks.
After a 30-day milestone delay, damages are 0.05% of Contract Price per day, capped at 10%; reaching the cap is an incurable default permitting termination. For this Rs. 300 crore-plus contract, completion over 90 days late can also make the contractor ineligible for future Authority projects until completion certification.
Long maintenance tail with asset-specific DLP up to 10 years. Authority may perform unremedied maintenance/defect work at contractor cost plus 20% damages; delayed lane reopening attracts daily deductions and broader/emergency closures can double the rate.
Contract Price is generally not adjusted for unforeseen site difficulties; bidder is deemed to have investigated subsurface, geotechnical, hydrological and climatic conditions, while pre-bid replies require bidder-funded geotechnical investigation and bidder-obtained hydrology.
Only 90% ROW is promised on Appointed Date, with the balance up to 150 days later. Delayed land/clearances may be withdrawn/de-scoped; compensation is formula-limited and generally excludes broader consequential recovery.
Performance Security, potentially large APS by e-BG, 6% retention up to 5% of Contract Price, and 110% advance guarantees create material banking-line usage. Advance recovery is 15% of each Stage Payment Statement and must finish before 80% of the construction period.
TCS, drains, barriers, walls, culverts and bridge lengths are partly tentative/approximate, yet several clauses deny positive Change of Scope for increases. This can materially increase concrete, earthwork, drainage, protection and foundation quantities at contractor risk.
Authority may withhold payment for unperformed/non-conforming work and drawing failures. Maintenance deductions for non-compliance are not restored later, creating permanent revenue leakage during the long maintenance period.
Contractor default permits encashment of Performance/Additional Security, retention and advance guarantees; recovery is largely limited to adjusted unpaid-work value. Ordinary aggregate liability is capped at Contract Price, but termination, indemnity, fraud, deliberate default and reckless misconduct sit outside the cap.
Conflicting bid-security amounts, physical-original rules, completion metrics, DLP wording, chainages and a contaminated BOQ create both rejection and post-award dispute risk; obtain formal written clarification and corrected bid/contract documents before submission/signing.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Chief Engineer–Regional Office, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, NH Bhawan, Biotech Chowk, Lucknow Ring Road, Vikas Nagar, Lucknow–226022. Phone: (0522) 2967112; tele-fax: 2738226; email: [email protected].
Shri Kishore Chandwani, Chief Engineer (North-II), MoRTH, Transport Bhawan, 1 Parliament Street, New Delhi–110001; email [email protected].
Shri Ashish Asati, Chief Engineer–Regional Office, NH Bhawan, Biotech Chowk, Lucknow Ring Road, Vikas Nagar, Lucknow–226022; email [email protected].