MHADA still registers contractors in 2026 through its own online portal. MHADA contractor registration follows Maharashtra PWD rules, and MHADA’s own circulars place it at Class IV and IV-A, works up to Rs 1.50 crore. You rarely need a MHADA certificate to bid. November 2026 tenders from its Mumbai boards accept a matching class from PWD, CPWD, CIDCO, the BMC, MJP, MIDC and other government bodies, and the biggest housing jobs ask for no registration at all, only experience, turnover and EMD.

Walk past a MHADA slum-board site in Ghatkopar or Powai this month and the work is small: a drain, a run of paver blocks, a garden wall, each priced between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 41 lakh. The contractor who wins it needs a Class V or V-A registration, and that class can come from MHADA, the PWD, CIDCO or the BMC. Across the state, a Rs 37 crore MHADA housing job in Nagpur asked for no registration from anyone.

Does MHADA still register contractors in 2026?

It does. The “Contractor Registration” link on MHADA’s homepage opens a separate portal, contractorregistration.mhada.gov.in, with sign-up, application status and a check on whether a certificate is genuine. The form behind the login asks for the class sought, type of firm, GSTIN, a solvency certificate (it rejects an amount below the class minimum), machinery, blacklisting history and fee payment details. Neither the fee table nor the class list is visible without an account, as read on 14 November 2026.

MHADA has no separate rule book online. Its technical circulars cite a contractor registration circular of 14 October 1998, and since then MHADA’s Chief Engineer-1 has kept the register in step with the PWD by adopting PWD Government Resolutions (GRs) “as they are”. The key one for limits is a corrigendum dated 17 July 2020 (ET-176/2020). It notes that registration in Class 4A and Class 4 is limited to Rs 1.50 crore, and moves final approval of those classes to the Chief Engineer, once the bank has certified the applicant’s solvency. On 13 May 2022 MHADA applied a PWD GR of 22 April 2022 that extended registration for works up to Rs 1.50 crore to 31 March 2023. We found no later MHADA circular on the point. The November 2026 tenders below still ask for MHADA or PWD classes.

MHADA contractor registration classes and what tenders ask for

Because the register mirrors the PWD, MHADA tenders use PWD class numbers. The limits come from the PWD GRs explained in the guide to Maharashtra PWD contractor registration: Class IV up to Rs 150 lakh, IV-A Rs 90 lakh, V Rs 50 lakh, VI Rs 15 lakh, down to Class IX at Rs 3 lakh. Here is what MHADA boards actually asked for in notices published between 5 and 13 November 2026:

Notice Work Value (Rs) Class or test asked
Mumbai Board, PPD, No. 08/2026-27 Road marking paint, Griha Nirman Bhavan 1,67,384 Class 9 and above
Slum Board (East), etender 55 Drains and paving, Vikhroli and Powai 20,66,116 to 21,09,705 Class V-A and above
Slum Board (East), etender 55 Drains, paving and beautification, Ghatkopar 32,92,181 to 41,15,226 Class V and above
Slum Board (East), UE-12 Nine works for unemployed engineers 8,26,447 to 20,66,116 Class V-A and above, MHADA or PWD
Nagpur Board, No. 07/2026-27 Home for the aged, Chandrapur 5,00,96,568 Per tender document; EMD Rs 2,50,500

Electrical contractors have a fee table MHADA did publish. Its circular of 13 July 2021 applied the PWD GR of 12 September 2018 to every MHADA board:

Electrical class Works up to Registration fee (Rs)
A No limit 10,000
B Rs 25 lakh 7,500
B-1 Rs 15 lakh 5,000
C Rs 10 lakh 3,000
D Rs 7.5 lakh 3,000
E Rs 2 lakh 2,000

No matching civil fee schedule appears on MHADA’s circular pages. Ask the registration cell before you pay, and do not assume the PWD e-ROC fees apply.

Does MHADA accept Maharashtra PWD registration?

Yes, and that is the main practical point. The Mumbai Board’s PPD division invited tenders on 5 November 2026 from contractors “registered with MHADA/ M.C.G.M./ CIDCO/ PWD/ CPWD/ MJP/ MIDC/ BPT/ MES/ Indian Railway or any Govt. / Semi Govt. organization in appropriate Classes”. The Slum Improvement Board’s etender 55 of 6 November uses almost the same list, with one extra test: a solvency certificate worth 20% of the estimated cost.

Above the Rs 1.50 crore line, registration drops out. The Nagpur Board’s August 2026 notice for a Rs 37,38,59,464 redevelopment at Parsodi says plainly that it is “not necessary for bidder to registered with state PWD/CPWD/MES/MHADA/CIDCO or any other Govt. agency”. It wants an organisation at least 10 years old with similar work, judged under the PWD eligibility circular Sankirna-2017/C.R.121, plus an EMD of 0.5%, Rs 18,69,300. That is the same pattern as MMRDA contractor registration, where no open register exists, and looser than CIDCO contractor registration, which makes an unregistered winner enlist within three months. The Mumbai notices also name the BMC list, covered in the guide to BMC contractor registration.

Unemployed engineers, labour societies and retired engineers

Reserved work is where a MHADA registration still matters. The Slum Board’s UE-12 notice is open only to unemployed engineers registered with MHADA or PWD in Mumbai Suburban District. The bidder must have done at least Rs 15 lakh of work, can be allotted up to Rs 150 lakh in all, and can hold three works at a time. The notice adds that the board has called for unemployed engineers to register with it, and an unregistered tenderer “can not be considered”.

Labour co-operative societies are classed by the Deputy District Registrar, and the board’s etender 23 split ten works between Class A and Class B and above. Retired engineers have a December 2021 MHADA circular adopting the PWD GR of 16 November 2021. Those who retired below Executive Engineer rank can register for civil works up to Rs 90 lakh, and those at Executive Engineer or above up to Rs 150 lakh, for 10 years. They skip the turnover, solvency, machinery and past-work tests at registration, and pay half the usual EMD and additional performance security. For one year they cannot bid in the department where they last served.

What a MHADA bid costs

MHADA e-tenders run on mahatenders.gov.in, which has charged a Rs 500 processing fee per bid since 15 August 2024. Slum Board etender 55 asks for EMD of 1% paid online, a security deposit, a Rs 590 tender fee, a class II or III digital signature and a GST certificate. Joint ventures are refused. If the lowest bid is below the estimate and the bidder fails to pay the additional performance security within 8 days, the second-lowest bidder is asked to match or beat that rate.

Paper tenders still exist for small jobs. The Mumbai Board’s road-marking notice issues a blank form only against a valid registration, PAN and proof of similar work. It also wants a notarised affidavit that you are not blacklisted, a Rs 500 stamp-paper affidavit on your documents, and EMD as a one-year fixed deposit. If the EMD and security deposit strain cash flow, sort out construction equipment finance before a bigger job lands.

Machines on a MHADA building site

MHADA’s boards build housing, so concrete moves on most jobs: the Chandrapur home for the aged runs 365 days, and the Konkan Board’s September 2026 turnkey job for about 102 EWS tenements under PMAY 2.0 at Ambernath is worth Rs 15.64 crore. A self-loading mixer such as the AJAX ARGO 4500, with a 4.5 m³ drum, batches on site where a ready-mix plant is far away (around Rs 40.9 to 47.1 lakh, indicative, as of November 2026). On slum-board drain and paving work, a backhoe loader such as the JCB 3DX does the trenching and loading (around Rs 27.9 to 32.1 lakh, indicative, as of November 2026). The MHADA form has a machinery field, so list what you own or have on hire.

MHADA vendor registration is product approval

Searches for MHADA vendor registration usually mean product approval, handled by MHADA’s Chief Engineer-I at Griha Nirman Bhavan, Bandra (East). A manufacturer pays a Rs 15,000 scrutiny and registration fee plus GST for approval or renewal. The file holds 21 documents: BIS or ISI certification, test reports, a price schedule, three years of income tax returns and CA turnover figures, the plant’s machinery and a notarised Rs 500 affidavit. Approved lists were last updated on 12 November 2026 for civil and 7 October 2026 for electrical items. None of this lets a firm bid for works.

Pick the class your past work supports, then track MHADA board tenders as they open on the live government tenders board.

Classes, limits and fees are taken from MHADA circulars of 17 July 2020, 13 July 2021, 8 December 2021 and 13 May 2022, MHADA’s product approval requirements of 22 October 2024, and MHADA tender notices published in August, September and November 2026, as read on 14 November 2026. Rules, fees, classes and tender terms change. Confirm the current position with MHADA’s registration cell or another official source, and with the tender document itself, before you apply or bid. DesiMachines is not liable for decisions a contractor takes on information that may have changed after publication.