Seven buildings, an open air theatre and a sports complex go up on one campus at Durg: RITES has the ₹447.66 crore IIT Bhilai tender open, and it closes at 2:00 PM on 22 October 2026.
Seven blocks and everything around them
The package covers two boys hostels of ground plus five floors, one girls hostel of ground plus five, four residential buildings of ground plus ten, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, an open air theatre and a community centre, together with external development works and engineering services at IIT Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh. RITES Ltd, through its Bilaspur project unit, is the inviting authority, reference 05 / 2026-27 / RITES / ECRPO / PU Bilaspur / IIT BHILAI / Phase-B Part 2 dated 01.10.2026. It is an EPC contract with 720 days.
Four ten-storey residential blocks are the governing item. Above about seven floors the construction method changes: lifting, formwork cycle and concrete logistics start to dictate the programme rather than the trades.
EPC terms on a two-year campus build
The estimate is ₹4,47,65,94,927. The EMD is ₹1,00,00,000, and the portal records exemption as allowed. The tender fee is ₹21,240 and bids open at 2:30 PM on 23 October 2026. The notice went up on 1 October, so the window is nearly closed.
On EPC the contractor carries design along with construction, which on a mixed campus package means coordinating hostel, residential and sports typologies at once. Chhattisgarh has several large packages live, including the Raipur grade separators on NH-53 and the Rowghat Jagdalpur new railway line Package 1.
A lifting problem before a digging problem
Campus builds of this shape need one serious decision early: how many cranes and where. Four G+10 blocks want a tower or crawler crane per cluster, fed by transit mixers from an on-site batching setup, because ready-mix road deliveries cannot sustain a slab cycle across seven buildings. Excavators handle foundations and the service network, and external development, roads, drains, sports grounds and landscaping, keeps backhoe loaders, a motor grader and compactors busy right through the second year.
Key facts
Tender ID
2026_RITES_293050_1
Reference no.
05 / 2026-27 / RITES / ECRPO / PU Bilaspur / IIT BHILAI / Phase-B Part 2 dated 01.10.2026
Two boys hostels of ground plus five floors, one girls hostel of ground plus five, four residential buildings of ground plus ten, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, an open air theatre and a community centre, with external development works and engineering services.
What is the estimated value?
₹447.66 crore, shown on the portal as ₹4,47,65,94,927, on an EPC contract.
What EMD and fee apply?
An EMD of ₹1,00,00,000 with exemption allowed per the portal, and a tender fee of ₹21,240.
When does it close?
Bids close at 2:00 PM on 22 October 2026 and open at 2:30 PM the next day. The work period is 720 days.
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