Trans Damodar M-Sand Tender: Turning Mine Overburden into Manufactured Sand, Bankura

A coal mine’s waste rock becomes construction sand under this contract: The Durgapur Projects Limited wants an agency to convert overburden to M-Sand at its Trans Damodar mine in Bankura, and the Trans Damodar M-Sand tender closes at 4:00 PM on 5 November 2026.

Waste rock in, building sand out

The Durgapur Projects Limited is the inviting authority, reference WBDPL/TDCM/NIT/01/2026-2027/02. The scope is selection of an agency for conversion of overburden to M-Sand at the Trans Damodar Coal Mine in Bankura district, West Bengal. The portal classifies it under services with an item rate form of contract, and gives 730 days.

Overburden is the rock and soil stripped off to reach a coal seam, and it normally just goes to a dump. Crushing suitable overburden into manufactured sand turns a disposal cost into a saleable product, and it takes pressure off river sand, which is increasingly restricted across eastern India.

No published value and no tender fee

The portal shows the tender value as 0.00 and the tender fee as nil. The EMD is ₹1,00,00,000 with no exemption allowed, which at 2 per cent points to something around ₹50 crore over the two years. Read that as an order of magnitude, not a contract price, because a processing contract of this kind is usually paid per tonne. Bids open at 4:00 PM on 7 November 2026.

This is one of the few genuinely equipment-led opportunities in the current list. West Bengal also has the Kolkata Dock System common user facilities and the Bhatpara sewer renovation by KMDA open.

A crushing and screening business, on site

Running this contract means operating a crushing and screening circuit next to the overburden dump for two years. Excavators feed the primary crusher from the dump face, wheel loaders move feed and finished product and load trucks, and tipper cycles connect the two. Expect high wear: overburden is abrasive, so liner and jaw replacement intervals matter more than headline capacity. The mining equipment notes cover how these machines are matched to a pit. For an owner with crushing plant already, this is a two-year utilisation contract rather than a construction job.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: West Bengal Tenders (wbtenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_DPL_1044842_1 (reference no. WBDPL/TDCM/NIT/01/2026-2027/02) under The Durgapur Projects Limited.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT, confirm the payment basis, the overburden volumes and the product specification, then check eligibility and the ₹1,00,00,000 EMD.
5. Submit your bid online before 5 November 2026, 4:00 PM.

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