Raxaul-Narkatiaganj Doubling Tender, Bihar (₹653.44 Cr)

East Central Railway has tendered 37.80 km of the Raxaul to Narkatiaganj doubling in north Bihar on EPC at ₹653.44 crore, with bids open until 11 December 2026.

Earthwork first, and a lot of it

The Raxaul-Narkatiaganj doubling package runs from Raxaul to Narkatiaganj, chainage 189.400 to 227.200, a total of 37.80 km in the Samastipur Division. The scope list in the notice is the useful part: earthwork, blanketing, minor bridges, major bridges, utility shifting, station and other buildings, platform work, circulating area, level crossing work and associated miscellaneous items, all built to 25 tonne Indian Railway standard loading.

That reads as a formation job with structures attached, not a track-laying contract. Blanketing across 37.80 km of new formation is a large earthmoving and material handling exercise on its own, and north Bihar’s alluvial ground means borrow, haul and compaction control will drive the programme more than the bridges will. The estimate is ₹653.44 crore, the EMD is ₹13,06,88,300 which is exactly 2 per cent of it, and there is no tender fee. Product category and category both read Works.

Who this suits

Railway formation work of this size goes to contractors with an existing railway credential, because the earthwork specifications and the blanketing quality control are unforgiving and the inspection regime is its own discipline. Firms already executing doubling or new line packages for East Central Railway are the natural bidders here.

For machine owners in Bihar the read is more direct. A 37.80 km formation package running to December 2026 and beyond needs a standing fleet close to site for two full seasons: excavators, tippers and compactors above all, plus the water tankers that blanketing quality control demands. Work of this kind is usually let out in stretch-wise subcontracts, so local hire capacity around East and West Champaran will be in demand well before the structures start.

The fleet the formation will need

Embankment building is the core. Excavators load at borrow, tippers haul, dozers spread and motor graders trim each layer to line and level. Soil compactors and vibratory rollers then close it, and on blanketing layers the compaction and moisture control is checked far more tightly than on a road embankment, so the roller count and water tanker capacity both need to be planned rather than improvised.

Structures bring cranes for girder placement at the major bridges, piling rigs where the crossings need deep foundations, and batching plant with transit mixers and concrete pumps for substructure, deck and platform work. Station buildings, platforms and circulating areas add ordinary building plant at the back end of the programme. Utility shifting and level crossing work put backhoe loaders on the job throughout, usually in short bursts across many locations.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: IREPS, Indian Railways e-Procurement System.
2. Search by tender ID IREPS-ECR-CAO-C-N-EPC-11-26-27 (reference no. ECR-CAO-C-N-EPC-11-26-27) under East Central Railway.
3. Register on IREPS and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT and the drawing set, which runs to well over a hundred documents, and check eligibility and the ₹13,06,88,300 EMD. There is no tender fee on this one.
5. Submit your bid online before 11 December 2026.

More on DesiMachines

Bihar has a steady run of road and civil work alongside the railway programme. The NH-333A bypasses tender at ₹351.98 crore closes 7 September and the Arwal bypass four-lane tender at ₹269.53 crore closes 15 September. For a comparable railway earthwork and bridges package, the Kharsia to Balodabazar new line tender is a useful reference on how these are scoped and priced.

Browse more live tenders in Bihar or see all live tenders. On machines, compare excavators, compactors, motor graders and cranes, or read up on equipment finance before committing a fleet for two seasons.

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