Fourteen teams are vying for prequalification for the $4.4-billion Mumbai Metro-Line 3 project, which will entail $2.6-billion in civll work, including potentially complex tunneling through coastal and cultural areas of Mumbai.
Afcons-KMB, CEC-ITDCEM-TPL, CTCEG-PIIPL, Dogus-Soma, IL&FS-CR25G, J Kumar-CRTG, L&T-STEC, Mosmetrostroy-HCC, OHL-SKE&C, Pratibha Industries-GDYT, Sacyr CMC ESSAR, Salin Impregilo-Gammon, STRABAG-AG-Patel and Unity-IVRCL-CTG submitted prequalification bids in Februrary. The tender is scheduled for release by July with the contract to be awarded by January 2015, according to Sanjay Sethi, managing director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC), a fully-owned company of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).