North Western Railway has tendered the balance works for the Jodhpur station redevelopment on EPC at ₹469.20 crore, with bids closing on 16 September 2026.
Picking up a job already under way
This is not a fresh start. The notice covers execution of balance works for the major redevelopment of Jodhpur railway station, which means the winning contractor takes over what remains of a programme that has been running for a while. The estimated value of the remaining scope is ₹469.20 crore, tendered on engineering, procurement and construction terms by the Deputy Chief Engineer, Construction, at Jodhpur under North Western Railway.
The drawing set tells you what is left. It carries framing plans and beam details for the main station building and the second entry station building at second and third floor levels, terrace framing for the multi-level car park, and full electrical layouts for lighting, power and distribution boards across ground, first, second and terrace floors. Read together, the remaining work is structural frame plus building services and finishing across several blocks, rather than the early earthwork and foundation stages. The EMD of ₹9,38,40,300 is exactly 2 per cent of the estimate, and there is no tender fee.
Who should be looking at it
A balance-works package rewards a contractor who can read someone else’s drawings quickly and price the risk of taking over partly finished structures. The commercial question on jobs like this is always the same: what condition is the existing work in, and who carries the defect liability for it. Anyone bidding should get to site and to the joint measurement records before setting rates.
The building profile also shapes the bidder list. Station redevelopment at this value suits building contractors with multi-storey RCC and services experience rather than pure earthwork firms. Rajasthan already has a second station package running at Bikaner under the same railway, so contractors working that programme will know the specifications and the inspection regime here.
Plant a station rebuild runs on
Multi-storey station buildings and a car park are concrete and lifting work above all. Batching plant capacity with transit mixers and concrete pumps covers the frame, slabs and terrace pours, and tower or mobile cranes handle material movement across blocks that are being built in a live railway environment.
Around that, the fleet is lighter than a corridor job but constant. Backhoe loaders for services trenching, external drainage and the circulating area, small compactors and rollers for the approach roads and parking aprons, and tippers for muck and debris removal in a site where storage space is tight. Working beside operating platforms usually means night possessions and short working windows, so machine availability matters more than raw machine size.
Key facts
Tender ID
IREPS-DyCE-C-II-JU-EPC
Reference no.
DyCE-C-II-JU-EPC
Issuing authority
Deputy Chief Engineer (Construction), Jodhpur, North Western Railway
Search by tender ID IREPS-DyCE-C-II-JU-EPC (reference no. DyCE-C-II-JU-EPC) under North Western Railway.
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Download the NIT and the drawing set, which runs to several hundred documents, and establish exactly what has already been built before you price the balance. Check eligibility and the ₹9,38,40,300 EMD. There is no tender fee.
What does the Jodhpur station redevelopment tender cover?
It covers execution of the balance works for the major redevelopment of Jodhpur railway station under North Western Railway, tendered on engineering, procurement and construction terms at an estimated ₹469.20 crore. The drawing set points to structural frame, building services and finishing across the main station building, the second entry building and the multi-level car park.
What are the EMD and tender fee?
The EMD is ₹9,38,40,300, exactly 2 per cent of the ₹469.20 crore estimate, and there is no tender fee.
When do bids close?
Bids close on 16 September 2026. The publication date, bid opening date and completion period are not specified in the notice, so confirm them from the tender documents on IREPS.
What should a bidder check first on a balance-works package?
The condition and extent of what has already been built, and where defect liability for that earlier work sits. Joint measurement records and a site visit matter more than the drawings on a takeover job, because they decide how much of the remaining value is rework rather than new construction.
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