NH-16 Punchlist Tender: Balance Works at Risk and Cost, Bhubaneswar to Chandikhole (Rs 37.96 Cr)

NHAI is finishing someone else’s six-laning job and sending the bill to them: the ₹37.96 crore NH-16 punchlist tender covers balance items and maintenance at risk and cost between Bhubaneswar and Chandikhole, and it closes at 11:00 AM on 29 October 2026.

What at risk and cost actually means

The scope is execution of balance punchlist items and maintenance works at risk and cost for the six-laning of Bhubaneswar, Jagatpur and Chandikhole on NH-16 in Odisha. The NHAI Regional Office at Bhubaneswar is the inviting authority, reference NHAI/13012/249/RO/OD/2026, on an item rate contract with 120 days.

At risk and cost means the original concessionaire or contractor did not finish, so NHAI appoints someone else and recovers the money from the defaulter. For the new contractor the work is well defined, because a punchlist is by definition a list, but the site conditions are whatever the last party left behind.

Four months, and a short runway to bid

The estimate is ₹37,95,68,108 and the EMD is ₹75,91,362, with no exemption allowed. The tender fee is ₹10,000, and bids open at 12:30 PM on 30 October 2026. The work period is only 120 days.

The notice went up on 18 September, so bidders who are reading about it now have days, not weeks. Local contractors already working the Bhubaneswar to Cuttack corridor have the advantage. Other Odisha packages close later: the Brahmani river bridge at Jajpur and the NH-326 Package-2 widening.

Small gangs, scattered locations

Punchlist work is not one site, it is fifty. Crash barriers, signage, drains, patching, median work and structure finishes spread along tens of kilometres of live six-lane highway. The practical fleet is a backhoe loader or two moving daily, a small compactor for patch repairs, transit mixers delivering in small loads, and a crane for barrier and sign gantry work. Traffic management eats more time than the work itself, so count the lane-closure hours before pricing.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Government eProcurement System (etenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_NHAI_291291_1 (reference no. NHAI/13012/249/RO/OD/2026) under National Highways Authority of India.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT and the punchlist schedule, then check eligibility, the ₹75,91,362 EMD and the ₹10,000 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 29 October 2026, 11:00 AM.

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