Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has emerged as the lowest (L1) bidder for design and construction of 237 km length of a viaduct for 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor.
The financial bids for design and construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train were opened on 19 October 2020.
The tender covers about 47 per cent of total alignment of 508 km, between Vapi (Zaroli village at Maharashtra-Gujarat Border) and Vadodara in the state of Gujarat. This includes four stations, namely Vapi, Billimora, Surat and Bharuch, and Surat Depot.
A total of three bidders involving seven major infrastructural companies had participated in the competitive bidding, and other bidders were Afcons Infrastructure – IRCON International – JMC Projects India – Consortium; and NCC – Tata Project – J Kumar Infra Projects and HSR Consortium.
