Barhi Hazaribagh Strengthening Tender: 26.9 km on Item Rate, Jharkhand (Rs 81.88 Cr)

NHAI Ranchi wants 26.9 km of the Barhi to Hazaribagh section strengthened and overlaid for ₹81.88 crore, and bidding on this Barhi Hazaribagh strengthening job closes at 11:00 AM on 23 November 2026.

A fresh notice on a familiar stretch

The work covers km 13.500 to km 40.400 of the Barhi Hazaribagh section, on an item rate percentage basis. The Regional Office at Ranchi issues it through the Ranchi project implementation unit, reference NHAI/RO/RNC/JH/2026-27/ 34, and the portal declares the value as ₹81,87,85,703.

Read it next to the earlier Barhi Hazaribagh overlay notice on NH-20, which is a different tender: that one is a 2025-26 notice covering 41.28 km with the value undisclosed and an EMD of ₹78,70,641, and it closes on 12 November. This notice is from the 2026-27 series, covers a shorter 26.9 km, and publishes its estimate. Check both documents before you decide which to price.

Item rate percentage, so read the schedule

On an item rate percentage contract you quote a single percentage above or below the departmental schedule, which puts all the risk in how well you have read the quantities. EMD is ₹82,00,000, almost exactly 1 per cent, and the fee is ₹10,000. The portal does not state a completion period, so that has to come from the tender document.

Jharkhand has steady NHAI work open. The Atkadih to Gorhar six-laning on NH-19 and the Chutupallu Ghati black spot rectification on NH-20 are both live, and both sit within a short drive of this stretch.

Overlay work, so plant beats manpower

Strengthening and overlaying is paving work. The money goes into a hot-mix plant, a paver, compactors and the tipper fleet keeping them fed, with a motor grader on shoulders and excavators on drains and patch repair. Hazaribagh and Barhi both have contractors with this fleet already, which usually makes the bidding keen. If you hire plant out around the Grand Trunk corridor, a 27 km overlay is three to four months of steady utilisation. road construction equipment explains where each machine fits.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Government eProcurement System (etenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_NHAI_295523_1 (reference no. NHAI/RO/RNC/JH/2026-27/ 34) under National Highways Authority of India.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT and the schedule of items, confirm the completion period from the document, then check eligibility, the ₹82,00,000 EMD and the ₹10,000 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 23 November 2026, 11:00 AM.

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