Ludhiana Rupnagar Balance Works Tender: Greenfield Highway Civil Works in Punjab (Rs 70.08 Cr)

IRCON is handing out the leftover civil work on the greenfield Ludhiana to Rupnagar highway and its Kharar spur at Rs 70.08 crore, and the Ludhiana Rupnagar balance works tender closes at 03:00 PM on 16 November 2026.

Picking up where the main contract stopped

The scope is execution of balance civil works for the four and six lane greenfield Ludhiana Rupnagar national highway from design chainage 66.440 to 90.500, together with the spur to Kharar from chainage 0.000 to 19.200. IRCON International Limited is tendering it from its corporate head quarters in New Delhi through the civil engineering wing, reference IRCON/1038/NHAI Rupnagar/e Tender/BW/01, and the portal puts the location at Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district.

Balance work packages read differently from new contracts. Somebody else set the lines and levels, and what is left is usually the awkward residue: tie-ins, structures that stalled, drainage, shoulders and the finishing that holds up handover. The portal allows 180 days, which tells you NHAI wants the corridor closed out quickly.

Percentage rate, and the price of speed

The contract form is percentage, so bidding is against IRCON schedule rates. The deposit is Rs 1,40,15,300 on a value of Rs 70,07,61,198, close to 2 per cent, with a fee of Rs 50,000. Bids open at 03:00 PM on 17 November, a day after closing, and six months is not long for 43 km of chainage even when the work is scattered.

The parent project is live on the portal too as the NH-205K Ludhiana Rupnagar highway tender, and the Delhi Amritsar Katra expressway packages are open in the same belt.

A scattered fleet, not a paving train

Because the work is spread in pockets, mobility matters more than size. Backhoe loaders earn their keep on drains, approaches and service road patches, excavators handle the structure foundations and any remaining earthwork, and compactors with a motor grader close out pavement layers reach by reach. Structures that need completing bring in a crane and transit mixers. For hirers around Ludhiana, Kharar and Mohali this is good short term work, and 180 days means the machines come back quickly.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Government eProcurement System (etenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_IRCON_296398_1 (reference no. IRCON/1038/NHAI Rupnagar/e Tender/BW/01) under IRCON International Limited.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the bid document and the balance work schedules, then check eligibility, the ₹1,40,15,300 EMD and the ₹50,000 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 16 November 2026, 03:00 PM.

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