Tendering activities in August 2008 showed signs of decline
when compared with the preceding month. Considerable decrease in tendering in
the power, community services and roadways sector led to this fall. In all,
3,571 project related tenders worth Rs.23,388 crore were floated in August 2008
as against, 3,949 such project related tenders worth Rs.22,496 crore were
floated in July 2008.
Steep fall in the tendering activities by state owned
agencies led to the 9.5 per cent decline on M-o-M basis. Tendering activities
by the Central government units after declining in July staged a small recovery
in the month of August.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), a Government of
India enterprise, floated the most notable tender of the month. HPCL invited
EoIs to set up state-of-the-art storage facilities for crude oil and petroleum
product at the newly acquired plot adjacent to its Mahul refinery in Mumbai on
BOT basis. The estimated cost of the project is approx Rs.1,600 crore.
Another notable tender was floated by Madhya Pradesh State
Mining Corporation (MPSMC). The state government enterprise, invited proposals
from private parties to form a JV for mining of coal from coal blocks of MPSMC.
On 13 August 2008, it invited EoIs to select JV partner for exploration,
development, mining and marketing of six coal blocks of MPSMC such as,
Morga-III and Morga-IV in Chhattisgarh and Semaria/Piparia, Bicharpur, Mandla
South and Marki Barka in Madhya Pradesh. MPSMC proposes to hold 51 per cent of
the equity in the proposed JV.
The coal will be sold to industrial units located in Madhya
Pradesh and in case there is inadequate demand in the state it will be sold
elsewhere. MPSMC also invited EoIs to select JV partner for exploration,
development, mining and supply of coal from Morga-I coal block to feed a thermal
power plant to be set up in Madhya Pradesh.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announced seven
project tenders worth Rs.1,599 crore. Amongst the floated tenders, most notable
one was for development of new four-lane elevated road from Chennai Port to Maduravoyal (NH-4) in Tamil Nadu
on BOT (Toll) basis under NHDP-VII. The cost of project is estimated at
Rs.1,220 crore. Another prominent tender by NHAI was for the preparation of
feasibility-cum-preliminary design for construction of stand alone ring
road/bypasses in Kanpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Lucknow and Varanasi cities of Uttar Pradesh.
In the SEZ sector, MIDC invited EoIs for development of
sector specific SEZ at MIDC Area Shrirampur in Ahmadnagar district of Maharashtra. The proposed SEZ will spread over
100 ha of land. Other prominent announcement in the same sector was by Haldia
Development Authority. It invited EoIs for the development of an IT Park/IT SEZ
at Haldia on about 25 acres of land to facilitate IT & ITES industries for
having their centers within the park. The site is located near functional STPI,
proposed IT hub, education hub, proposed township, medical college and
administrative zone of Haldia in West Bengal.
In the power sector, Sangam Power Generation Company and
Prayagraj Power Generation Company, both SPV floated by Government of Uttar Pradesh invited global
RfQs for the selection of developer for setting up of 2x660 MW Sangam thermal
power project at Karchhana and 3x660 Prayagraj thermal power project on BOOM
basis at Bara in Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh, respectively.
Among the states, Maharashtra topped the state-wise list with 578
project related tenders worth Rs.4,070 crore. Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and
Madhya Pradesh followed with 548 tenders worth Rs.2,838 crore, 476 tenders
worth Rs.2,727 crore and 312 tenders worth Rs.3,554 crore, respectively. The
bulk of tenders were floated by Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency for
construction and upgradation of rural roads under PMGSY helped Chhattisgarh to
secure second place in state-wise list.
Private Sector
In the private sector, 43 tenders were floated during August
2008. They were mainly in the Power, Aluminium and SEZ sectors.
Some
of the major tenders include:
- Lanco
Babandh Power Private, a Lanco Group company, invited bids for setting up
of 4x660 MW coal fired thermal power station on EPC basis at Khurunti
village in Dhenkanal district of Orissa.
- Bharat
Aluminium Company, a member of Vedanta Resources, invited EoIs for power
evacuation infrastructure for its 1,200 MW power project in Korba district
of Chhattisgarh.
- Ansal
Kamdhenu Engineering SEZ, Ansal API Group company, invited EoIs to set up
export oriented engineering units in engineering SEZ on 250 acres at
Murthal in Sonipat district of Haryana.
Expression of
Interests (EoIs)
In August 2008, 90 expression of interests (EoIs) related to
Power, Sugar, Railways and Aluminium sectors were announced. Some major EoIs
floated in the month were by:
- Dedicated
Freight Corridor Corporation, a Government of India Enterprise, for
providing consultancy services for setting up of multi-commodity
multi-modal logistics park along the dedicated freight corridor.
- HUDA
for development and construction of bus terminus and business centre at
Old Gandhi Hospital Site, Secunderabad through PPP on BOT basis.
- Rajasthan
State Ganganagar Sugar Mills, Government of Rajasthan Enterprise for
installation of sugar mill (1500 tccpd) along with distillery (30 klpd)
and 7.5 MW co-generation unit at Kaminpura in Ganganagar district of
Rajasthan.
Empanelment of
Consultants/Contractors
During
August 2008, around 12 notices were published inviting applications for
empanelment of consultants and contractors. Some of the major notices were by:
- Mineral
Exploration Corporation, a Government of India enterprise, invited bids for the
empanelment of agencies for drilling and mining works in India.
- Ulhasnagar
Municipal Corporation invited bids for the empanelment of consultants for
various works/project at Ulhasnagar in Thane district of Maharashtra.
- Nagpur
Municipal Corporation invited bids for empanelment of architect as project management
consultants with Nagpur Slum Development Authority, Nagpur.
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