The Indore Metro tender for Package IN-06 puts ₹595.50 crore of twin tunnel, viaduct and underground station work out to bid, and submissions close 5 November 2026.
What Package IN-06 actually builds
Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation has opened bidding on the underground stretch of the Indore line. The package covers an elevated viaduct, a twin tunnel driven by shield tunnel boring machine, a cut and cover tunnel, a mid ventilation cum emergency egress shaft, crosspassages, ramps, and two underground stations at Bengali Chauraha and Palasia Chauraha, with architectural finishing included in the same contract.
Read the sequence rather than the list. A ramp takes the alignment down from the viaduct, cut and cover carries it through the shallow section, and the TBM takes over for the bored length between the two stations. The egress shaft and crosspassages are the safety spine between the two tubes. One contractor carries all of it, which is why the bid validity runs 180 days and the document set fills eight volumes and 179 MB.
Who this package is written for
This is a heavy civil job for contractors who already own or can mobilise a tunnelling spread. Shield TBM work is a small club in India, and the qualifying bidder is usually a large EPC firm or a joint venture that pairs a tunnelling partner with a station builder. If you are that firm, the bid window is generous: submissions open 8 October and close 5 November 2026, with opening the next day at Bhopal.
For everyone else the opportunity sits one level down. Cut and cover, ramps, station boxes and the architectural finishing all get packaged out to subcontractors, and a metro contract of this length runs for years. Machine owners near Indore should be tracking the winner rather than the tender.
Plant that turns up on an underground metro job
Behind the TBM there is a conventional fleet doing conventional work. Diaphragm wall and piling rigs sink the station boxes. Long reach excavators and backhoe loaders strip and trim inside the cut and cover, and a tipper cycle moves muck out through a city that will not tolerate spillage. Cranes handle segment rings, struts and station steel, and gantry cranes work the shaft heads.
Concrete governs the programme. A dedicated batching setup, transit mixers and boom pumps feed the base slabs and the secondary lining, and compactors close out the backfill and the road reinstatement above. Because this is city centre work at two busy chaurahas, night working, traffic decking and dust control are part of the cost rather than an afterthought.
Key facts
Tender ID
2026_MPMRC_288872_1
Reference no.
1997/MPMRCL/2026/Package IN-06
Issuing authority
Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited, inviting authority Managing Director MPMRCL
Location
Indore, Madhya Pradesh (PIN 453112). Bids are opened at Bhopal.
Estimated value
₹595.50 crore. The portal header shows a ₹500 crore plus band; the notice states ₹595.50 crore and the deposit below is exactly 2 per cent of that figure.
EMD
₹11,91,00,000. Exemption is allowed for eligible categories.
Search by tender ID 2026_MPMRC_288872_1 (reference no. 1997/MPMRCL/2026/Package IN-06) under Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited.
Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
Download the NIT and all eight tender volumes, then check the tunnelling qualification criteria, the ₹11,91,00,000 deposit and the ₹50,000 fee against your registration.
Submit online before 5 November 2026. Submission opens 8 October and bids are opened at Bhopal on 6 November.
Package IN-06 covers an elevated viaduct, a twin tunnel driven by shield TBM, a cut and cover tunnel, a mid ventilation cum emergency egress shaft, crosspassages, ramps and two underground stations at Bengali Chauraha and Palasia Chauraha, including architectural finishing.
Why does the portal show a value band instead of a figure?
The listing header carries a ₹500 crore plus band. The notice itself states ₹595.50 crore, and the earnest money of ₹11,91,00,000 works out to exactly 2 per cent of that figure, so the two agree. The band is a display range, not a separate estimate.
When do bids open and close?
Submission opens 8 October 2026 and closes 5 November 2026. Bids are opened on 6 November 2026 at Bhopal. Bid validity is 180 days.
Is there anything here for a smaller contractor?
Not at prime level. Shield TBM qualification limits the main bid to large EPC firms and joint ventures. The subcontract work in cut and cover, ramps, station boxes and finishing is where owners of excavators, tippers and concrete plant usually get in.
Tender details are summarised for convenience and may change. Always verify the latest dates, terms and documents on the official tendering portal before bidding. DesiMachines is not responsible for changes made by the issuing authority.
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