The Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (APMRC) decided to let Joint Ventures (JVs) made of maximum companies to enactment successful the bidding for Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada metro obstruction projects.
APMRC Managing Director N.P. Ramakrishna Reddy stated successful a property merchandise that the support accorded to JVs was intended to person wider information of eligible bidders and it has been targeted to implicit the projects successful 36 months done competent firms having proven grounds of completing ample projects.
He said International Competitive Bidding (ICB) tenders were called for civilian works of Visakhapatnam metro Phase-I (46.23 km) and Vijayawada metro Phase-I (38 km) successful the past week of July-2025.
During a caller pre-bid meeting, 13 companies took portion and requested that the projects beryllium divided into 2 oregon much packages each and JVs beryllium allowed to bid for them.
However, fixed the likelihood of aggregate packages causing inordinate delays and outgo escalations, the APMRC turned down the supra petition but conceded the plea to alteration JVs to vie for the projects, arsenic per the Government of India/Central Vigilance Commission’s procurement guidelines.
The past day for submission of tenders for the Visakhapatnam task is October 10 and for the Vijayawada project, the deadline is October 14.
