Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port has maintenance dredging out for the shipping channel leading to the Kolkata Dock System, and the Kolkata dock maintenance dredging tender closes at 3:00 PM on 17 November 2026.
Keeping the channel open to Kolkata
The scope is maintenance dredging in the shipping channel leading to the Kolkata Dock System of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata. The civil wing of the Kolkata Dock System is the inviting authority through the Senior Executive Engineer (South), reference SMPK/MRN/SDDS/MDRG/KDS/III, and the portal classes it as marine works on an item rate contract.
Kolkata is a river port a long way upstream, and the Hooghly silts up constantly. Maintenance dredging is a standing annual requirement rather than a project, which is why the reference number carries a sequence.
Value is not disclosed, and the fleet is specialised
The portal shows no tender value and no work period. The earnest money deposit is Rs 90,84,000, which suggests an estimate of about Rs 45.42 crore if the deposit is 2 per cent, and the tender fee is Rs 23,600. Bids open at 3:30 PM on 18 November.
This is a dredging contractor’s tender, not a civil contractor’s. You need a trailing suction or cutter suction dredger with crew and survey capability, and disposal arrangements agreed with the port. West Bengal has related port work live in the Kolkata multi modal terminal tender and the Balagarh port berths tender.
Where land plant still comes in
Dredging itself is done from the water, but the shore side of these contracts needs machines. If spoil is pumped to a reclamation area, excavators build and maintain the bund and the settling cells, and a compactor works the bund crest and the access track. Pipeline shifting, pontoon handling and spare parts movement is a crane job at the jetty. Owners near Haldia and the Kolkata docks often pick up exactly this kind of shore side subcontract.
Key facts
Tender ID
2026_KoPT_930707_1
Reference no.
SMPK/MRN/SDDS/MDRG/KDS/III
Issuing authority
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Kolkata, Kolkata Dock System, Civil, Senior Executive Engineer (South)
Location
Shipping channel leading to the Kolkata Dock System, Kolkata, West Bengal
Estimated value
Not officially disclosed (about ₹45.42 crore if the EMD is 2 per cent)
Search by tender ID 2026_KoPT_930707_1 (reference no. SMPK/MRN/SDDS/MDRG/KDS/III) under Kolkata Port Trust, Kolkata Dock System.
Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
Download the tender document, the channel survey and the disposal conditions, confirm the quantity and the period, then check eligibility, the ₹90,84,000 EMD and the ₹23,600 fee.
Submit your bid online before 17 November 2026, 3:00 PM.
What does the Kolkata dock maintenance dredging tender cover?
Maintenance dredging in the shipping channel leading to the Kolkata Dock System of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata.
What is the estimated value?
The portal does not disclose it. The EMD of ₹90,84,000 suggests roughly ₹45.42 crore at 2 per cent.
What does a bidder need?
Dredging capability with crew and survey support, since the portal classes this as marine works on an item rate contract. Shore side spoil handling is usually subcontracted.
When do bids close?
At 3:00 PM on 17 November 2026, with opening at 3:30 PM on 18 November 2026.
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