Bihar’s Road Construction Department has re-tendered five OPRMC-III road maintenance packages worth ₹739.20 crore together, three under Sherghati and one under Biharsharif, closing on 18 and 19 September 2026.
What the Bihar OPRMC-III re-tender is
OPRMC stands for Output and Performance based Road Assets Maintenance Contract. Instead of paying for each repair, the department hands a contractor a network of state roads for a long period and pays against performance standards the roads must meet. Phase III is the current round, and these five packages are re-tenders, meaning the first call did not produce a contract. All five were put back on the portal on 11 September 2026 with a one-week window.
The packages are 49A, 49B and 49C under the Sherghati road division, 39B under the Biharsharif road division, and 2B, whose bids are opened at the office of the Chief Engineer (North), RCD, Patna. They are separate tenders with separate IDs and separate earnest money.
The five packages
Package
Tender ID
Value
EMD
Bids close
49A, Sherghati
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₹135.72 crore
₹1,45,72,500
19 Sep 2026
49B, Sherghati
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₹154.43 crore
₹1,64,43,000
19 Sep 2026
49C, Sherghati
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₹171.40 crore
₹1,81,40,000
19 Sep 2026
39B, Biharsharif
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₹152.43 crore
₹1,62,44,000
18 Sep 2026
2B
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₹125.22 crore
₹1,35,23,000
18 Sep 2026
Who should bid
These are item-rate contracts with a 180-day bid validity and a tender fee of ₹10,000 each. Earnest money on every package works out to a little over 1 per cent of its value. A long maintenance contract suits road contractors who want steady work in one district for years, with their own plant parked nearby, more than firms chasing one-off construction jobs. Because this is a re-tender with a short window, bidders who looked at the first call are best placed.
Machines a road maintenance contract keeps busy
Performance contracts are won or lost on how fast potholes, shoulders and drains get fixed. Expect a small asphalt plant or a tie-up with one, a paver and tandem roller for resurfacing, a motor grader for shoulders, backhoe loaders for drains and patch preparation, and tippers on standby. A bitumen sprayer and a road marking unit are part of the routine fleet on a network contract.
Output and Performance based Road Assets Maintenance Contract. The contractor maintains a set of roads over a long period and is paid against the condition the roads must meet, not per repair.
Why are these packages re-tendered?
The first call for each package did not end in a contract, so the Road Construction Department invited bids again on 11 September 2026. The re-NIT on the portal gives the current terms.
Which Bihar OPRMC-III re-tender packages close first?
Packages 39B and 2B close on 18 September 2026. Packages 49A, 49B and 49C close on 19 September 2026.
How much is the earnest money?
Between ₹1,35,23,000 for Package 2B and ₹1,81,40,000 for Package 49C, a little over 1 per cent of each package’s value. The tender fee is ₹10,000 per package.
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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