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Border Roads Organisation · Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh2026_BRO_773316_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
18 Jun 2026
23 Oct 2026
₹172.0 Cr
₹1.7 Cr
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
18 Jun 2026 at 1700 hrs; document download began at 1730 hrs.
Queries close 10 Jul 2026 at 1100 hrs; pre-bid meeting is 11 Jul 2026 at 1000 hrs; the Authority's response is due by 16 Jul 2026 at 1100 hrs.
Online Technical and Financial Bids are due 01 Aug 2026 at 1200 hrs IST.
03 Aug 2026 at 1000 hrs IST; financial opening will be intimated later.
At least 120 days from the Bid Due Date; extension is 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 172.00 Cr, exclusive of GST; bidders must make their own assessment of actual cost.
Rs.1,71,99,962/-. Accepted forms are IRDAI-authorised Insurance Surety Bond, account-payee DD, banker's cheque, or e-Bank Guarantee; physical BG is permitted where e-BG is not possible. The security instrument must be valid at least 180 days from Bid Due Date, inclusive of a 60-day claim period. No exemption is allowed.
Rs.20,000. Pay online to the designated account and upload the receipt, or submit an original DD as allowed by the bid-document checklist.
3% of Bid Price, due within 30 days of LoA. Forms: IRDAI-authorised surety bond, account-payee DD, banker's cheque, or unconditional e-BG. It remains valid until 60 days after the Defects Liability Period. The selected bidder may submit 50% before agreement and the balance within 30 days after signing.
Applies to abnormally low bids: for bids 10%-20% below project cost, add 0.1% for every percentage point below 10%; for bids 20% or more below, add 1% plus 0.2% for every percentage point below 20%, applied to Bid Price. Valid until 28 days after Project Completion Date.
The works price is lump-sum, with interim payments only for completed stages under Schedule-H. A 90% part payment is recommended within 10 days of the monthly statement and paid within another 10 days; IPC follows within 15 days. Certified works/final payments are due within 30 days, with Bank Rate + 3% interest for delay. Maintenance is paid separately quarterly.
Mobilisation advance is 10% of Contract Price in two 5% instalments at Bank Rate + 3%; up to another 5% is available for newly purchased key equipment, against 110% BG. Recovery is 15% of each stage payment and must finish before 80% of the construction period. Works payments suffer 6% retention, capped at 5% of Contract Price, refunded within 15 days after Completion Certificate subject to adjustment.
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.
Single entities and JVs are eligible because the project exceeds Rs.100 Cr. A bidder may submit only one bid and must have no conflict of interest; breach causes disqualification and security forfeiture.
Available capacity, calculated as A × N × 2.5 − B + C, must exceed Rs 172.00 Cr / total bid value. Commitments must be client-countersigned and statutory-auditor verified, and capacity is updated on the day before financial-bid opening.
Over the preceding 5 years for normal highway work (10 years for stand-alone specialised work), adjusted eligible construction receipts/own PPP construction must exceed Rs.172.00 Cr.
Pass either two similar completed works of at least 25% each (Rs.43.00 Cr each) or one of at least 35% (Rs.60.20 Cr). A project counts as completed at more than 90% value, and work experience must be issued by a Government Authority; eligible categories are widening/reconstruction/upgradation roads, stand-alone bridges/ROBs/tunnels and specified linear infrastructure—not ordinary maintenance-only works.
The sole bidder or any JV member must have completed, in the last 5 financial years or up to Bid Due Date, at least one similar highway/road construction, reconstruction, improvement, upgradation or widening project to NHDL specifications. Government/client completion evidence must state scope, length, completion date and satisfactory completion.
As amended, the sole bidder—or JV Lead Member on its own attributable share—must have completed within the last 7 financial years at least one steel truss or through-type steel bridge for 70R/Class-A double-lane or higher loading at elevation 2,700 m or above. For this 190 m bridge with 90 m longest span, the completed structure must satisfy the RFP formula: at least 80% of the proposed longest span (or 100 m, whichever is less) and 40% of bridge length (or 2 km, whichever is less). The completion certificate must state type, span, superstructure, load, altitude/location and date.
Minimum net worth is Rs.17.20 Cr at the close of the preceding financial year; minimum average annual turnover is Rs.34.40 Cr over the last 5 financial years, with stated update factors. Auditor/CA certificates require UDIN, and portal figures prevail.
Maximum 3 members. Lead Member must meet at least 60% of bid, technical and financial capacity and perform at least 51% of project length; every other member must meet at least 20%, JV collectively 100%, and each member must hold at least 26% equity. Members are jointly and severally liable through the Defect Liability Period. The bridge-specific experience must be with the Lead Member.
Neither bidder nor any JV member may be a non-performing party on Bid Due Date under Clause 2.1.14's listed triggers (missed milestones, unresolved NCRs, structural failures, penalties, termination, delayed mobilisation/maintenance, etc.). Separately, a bidder with an unfinished project of at least Rs.300 Cr more than 90 days past Scheduled Completion is ineligible until its Completion Certificate, unless delay was Force Majeure or solely Authority-caused.
Bidder/JV members must disclose litigation, ongoing blacklisting processes, ongoing projects and the status of all MoRTH/implementing-agency projects; the Authority may reject an otherwise eligible bidder. False declarations, corrupt/fraudulent practices and listed disinvestment disqualifications are rejection/debarment grounds.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India is eligible only if registered with the Competent Authority; the prescribed certificate is mandatory and false certification permits immediate rejection/termination. Foreign-controlled L1 award is subject to national-security/public-interest approval; international PoAs must be apostilled and comply with the Indian Stamp Act.
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 for Package-II of the Sansari–Killar–Thirot–Tandi road: upgrade existing Cl-9 road from existing km 40.000–70.000 to NHDL, design chainage km 40.000–68.400, net 28.400 km, in Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The contractor performs its own surveys, investigations, detailed designs and working drawings, subject to Authority Engineer review.
Provide a 7.0 m carriageway within 10 m formation, flexible pavement, geometric improvement for mountainous/steep terrain, roadside drainage, retaining/protection works, road furniture, pedestrian facilities, landscaping/tree plantation and utility ducts. Design speed is 50/40 km/h ruling/minimum in mountainous terrain, 40/30 km/h in steep terrain, and 20 km/h at hairpin bends.
The operative technical schedule lists 12 new bridges: 3 major and 9 minor. Key major bridges are at design km 50+060 (50+90+50 m steel truss, 190 m total), 53+350 (60 m truss) and 60+910 (60 m truss). It also lists a minimum 89 culverts; increases required by design/site do not constitute omission.
Provide 8 bus bays/shelters, 2 rest areas, 8 toilet facilities, 50 solar lights at built-up areas, road furniture, pedestrian facilities and landscaping. No toll plaza, truck lay-byes or ATMS are included in the operative Schedule-C.
Construction period is 36 months from Appointed Date, including road-closure periods; milestones occur at 35%, 60% and 85% of that period and require cumulative stage statements of at least 10%, 35% and 70% of Contract Price respectively. Maintain and rectify defects for 5 years from actual completion.
Design/construction must follow IRC:52:2019 for hill geometry as directed by IRC:SP:48-2023, IRC:37, IRC:SP:48-2023 and MoRTH Specifications for Road and Bridge Works, with tender-listed deviations; unspecified work follows Good Industry Practice to the Authority Engineer's satisfaction.
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 e-bid at https://defproc.gov.in: Cover 1 Fee/PreQual/Technical and Cover 2 Priced Bid. Upload technical files as separate PDF/RAR files up to 30 MB; financial bid is the portal Excel only. Fax, telex, telegram, email or other modes are rejected.
Submit online using the digital signature of the authorised representative. The bid must be typed, signed in indelible blue ink by the authorised signatory, and every alteration initialled. Appendix-IA requests the Class III DSC ID. International PoAs require apostille and Indian stamp compliance.
Clause 2.11.2 says the Lowest Bidder submits listed originals before LoA. DD/banker's cheque security instruments must reach within 5 working days after Bid Due Date by 1100 hrs in a sealed, marked envelope at HQ CE(P) Deepak, Hari Nagar, Chakkar Barrier, Shimla-171005. Obtain a receipt. This conflicts with the NIT/Clause 2.12 wording that physical documents are due by the Clause 1.3 deadline; seek written clarification and follow the stricter timing until resolved.
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.
Published 14 Jul 2026. Clause 2.2.2.2's project description changed the 190 m bridge configuration from 50+100+50 m to 50+90+50 m, and the bridge-experience paragraph changed the longest middle span from 100 m to 90 m. Impact: the qualifying-span test must be read against 90 m, aligning the RFP with the Technical Schedule. Bidder action: base bridge design, evidence matrix and qualification calculation on the 90 m longest span; re-check completion certificates for all required attributes.
All other entries remain unchanged: estimated cost Rs.172.00 Cr excluding GST; EMD Rs.1,71,99,962; fee Rs.20,000; query deadline 10 Jul 2026 at 1100; pre-bid 11 Jul at 1000; Bid Due Date 01 Aug 2026 at 1200; technical opening 03 Aug at 1000; validity 120 days; 36-month construction and 5-year maintenance. The sole substantive amendment is the 90 m middle span / 50+90+50 m bridge configuration and matching qualification reference.
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.
Original RFP pages 26/28 used a 100 m middle span, while the Technical Schedule already showed 50+90+50 m. Corrigendum 1 expressly replaces 100 m with 90 m; 90 m prevails.
The non-binding DPR states civil cost Rs.202.96 Cr including GST, TPC Rs.278.83 Cr and construction 24 months + 6 months snowfall; the operative RFP/NIT states Rs.172.00 Cr excluding GST and 36 months including road closure. RFP Clause 1.2.3 expressly makes the DPR preliminary and non-binding, so Rs.172.00 Cr excluding GST and 36 months prevail.
DPR Table 23 proposes 2 truck lay-byes; operative Schedule-C says 'Truck Lay-byes – Nil'. Schedule-C contract scope prevails, so price no truck lay-byes unless clarified or changed by addendum.
DPR Table 23 labels the 1×60 m major bridge at km 60+910 as Steel Girder, while operative Schedule-B calls it a Truss Bridge. Schedule-B prevails over the non-binding DPR, but design/pricing should be confirmed.
NIT and RFP Clause 2.12 say physical documents are submitted by the Clause 1.3 deadline, but Clause 2.11.2 says only the Lowest Bidder submits originals before LoA and separately allows DD/banker's cheque within 5 working days after Bid Due Date. No corrigendum resolves this. Use the strictest requirement and seek written clarification.
The BOQ labels itself Item Rate/Normal and contains generic plumbing chamber/sluice-valve items, while the RFP requires a lump-sum EPC bid for the 28.4 km road. This is a material tender-document conflict; the RFP/DCA describe the intended commercial model, but bidders should not guess how to complete a corrupted portal workbook.
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 corrected financial workbook consistent with a lump-sum EPC road bid and confirm exactly which unlocked cell(s) bidders must fill. The supplied BOQ is marked Item Rate/Normal and contains unrelated sluice-valve/chamber rows; this creates a bid-rejection and price-comparison risk.
Confirm whether every bidder must deliver Bid Security, fee, PoA and JV agreement by 01 Aug 2026 at 1200, whether DD/cheque alone may arrive within 5 working days by 1100, or whether all originals are required only from L1 before LoA. Identify the consequence of following one conflicting clause over another.
Confirm whether the 1×60 m major bridge at design km 60+910 is a truss bridge as Schedule-B states or a steel girder as DPR Table 23 states, and issue the governing outline/design criteria. This materially affects design, fabrication, transport and erection pricing.
Confirm that the project is flexible pavement with a 5-year Maintenance/Defects Liability Period and that Clause 14.1(a)'s payment profile applies, notwithstanding the unfilled '[5 / 10]' template choice in DCA Clause 14.1. Also confirm that year 1 attracts no maintenance charge.
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.
The corridor is remote and isolated at roughly 2,400–2,700 m; average snowfall is about 7 feet, winter lasts November–April and heavy snow closes passes. The 36-month period expressly includes road closures, so weather/logistics float must be priced rather than assumed compensable.
Snowmelt causes avalanches and landslides; freeze-thaw breaks rock into debris, with slopes of 50°–70° and past-landslide deposits. The DCA transfers risk of site, geology, access and information error to the contractor without Contract Price or time adjustment except express relief. Conduct independent geotechnical, hydrological, quarry/haul and constructability studies.
After a 30-day grace from a milestone/Scheduled Completion Date, damages accrue at 0.05% of Contract Price per day, capped at 10%. At/above that threshold the contractor is deemed in uncured default and the Authority may terminate. Damages may be refunded without interest only if final completion occurs within the applicable completion date/time extension.
Bidder funds a 3% performance security, possible additional security for a low bid, 6% deductions capped at 5% retention, and a 110% BG against advances. Stage claims exclude incomplete stages and the Authority Engineer may withhold estimated non-performance/rectification costs. Model working capital for winter shutdown and bridge fabrication.
For flexible pavement, no maintenance charge is paid in year 1; years 2–4 pay 0.50% each and year 5 pays 1%. Non-compliance permanently reduces monthly payment, remedial work can be executed at contractor cost plus 20% damages, and delayed lane reopening attracts 0.1% of monthly maintenance payment per day per 250 m (double for wider failure/emergency closure).
The Authority disclaims liability for the DPR and requires bidders to perform their own surveys. Variations in stated cross-section lengths do not constitute Change of Scope, and changed muck-disposal methodology is expressly not Change of Scope. The conflicting BOQ and bridge descriptions increase the risk of pricing against wrong data unless clarified.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Chief Engineer, Project Deepak, Border Roads Organisation, Ministry of Defence. Physical envelope and meeting venue: Shri Raj Kumar Sharma, SE (Civ), Director (EPC), HQ CE(P) Deepak, Hari Nagar, Chakkar Barrier, Shimla-171005 (HP); email [email protected]. RFP prints contact 0177-283990, while the NIT nodal table prints 0177-2832990.
Shri Arun Kumar Gupta, SE (Civ), Director (EPC) (Nodal Officer), HQ DGBR, New Delhi; email [email protected] as OCR-rendered in the notice; phone 011-25686846; office hours 0900–1730, Monday–Friday.
Headquarters Chief Engineer, Project Deepak, C/o 56 APO; telephone 0177-2832990/2830991; fax 0177-2633966; email [email protected] (OCR in the notice is degraded but agrees with the RFP email).