Bengaluru Development Authority has issued a ₹491.21 crore Bengaluru housing tender for 3 BHK and 4 BHK blocks at Byalakere village in the DSKL Layout, on lump sum turnkey terms, closing 16 September 2026.
Turnkey, and on the bidder’s own design
The work sits on survey numbers 2, 3, 4 and 19 of Byalakere village inside the Dr Shivaram Karanth Layout on the northern edge of Bengaluru. BDA wants 3 BHK and 4 BHK units built on a lump sum turnkey basis against the tenderer’s own design, procured through a two cover system. That phrasing matters. You are not pricing someone else’s drawings. The design, the structural scheme and the buildability all sit with the bidder, and the lump sum means quantity variation does not come back as a claim.
A note on how this one reads on listing sites. The category field shows as Other and the sector as civic administration, which can make a genuine works contract look like something softer. The identification block settles it: product category is Works, the estimate of ₹491.21 crore is disclosed rather than banded, and the firms with bidding history on this authority are ordinary civil contractors including NCC, RNS Infrastructure, Ramalingam Construction and CMK Projects. This is a building contract.
Who this is aimed at
Carrying your own design on a ₹491.21 crore residential package needs an in house or tied design team, a track record in multi storey residential work, and the cash flow to run a lump sum job where payment follows milestones rather than measured quantities. Bid validity is 90 days, shorter than most packages this size, and withdrawal is not allowed. The earnest money deposit is ₹4,92,00,000, a rounded figure that sits just over 1 per cent of the estimate, and the tender fee is ₹7,500.
Bengaluru layout work has a particular rhythm for plant owners. The site is greenfield, so bulk earthwork and site formation come first and finish fast, then the job settles into a long concrete and lifting phase that can run two years or more.
What gets deployed on a layout housing job
Excavators and dozers open the site and cut the platforms. Tippers move surplus off site. Once levels are set, piling rigs or foundation excavators go in depending on the design the bidder chooses. From there it becomes a concrete job: a batching plant on site, transit mixers, concrete pumps and placing booms, with tower cranes for the tower blocks and hydra cranes for general handling. Soil compactors and rollers do the internal roads and services trenches. Backhoe loaders end up doing the day to day work nobody plans for, which on a layout job is most of it.
Key facts
Tender ID
2026_Bengalur_323515_1
Reference no.
BDA/2026-27/BD/WORK_INDENT275
Issuing authority
Bengaluru Development Authority, Government of Karnataka
Location
Survey nos. 2, 3, 4 and 19, Byalakere village, DSKL Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Search by tender ID 2026_Bengalur_323515_1 (reference no. BDA/2026-27/BD/WORK_INDENT275) under Bengaluru Development Authority.
Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
Download the bid document for DSKL Byalakere and the location map, then check eligibility, the design obligation, the ₹4,92,00,000 EMD and the ₹7,500 tender fee.
Submit your bid online before 16 September 2026. Bids open 17 September, validity is 90 days and withdrawal is not permitted.
Construction of 3 BHK and 4 BHK housing at survey numbers 2, 3, 4 and 19 of Byalakere village in the Dr Shivaram Karanth Layout, Bengaluru, on a lump sum turnkey basis using the tenderer’s own design, under a two cover system.
Does the bidder design the buildings?
Yes. The tender is on the tenderer’s own design, so the structural and architectural scheme sits with the contractor rather than being issued by BDA. Price the design effort into the lump sum.
What are the estimate, EMD and tender fee?
The estimate is ₹491.21 crore. The earnest money deposit is ₹4,92,00,000, a rounded figure a shade above 1 per cent of the estimate, and the tender fee is ₹7,500.
When does it close and how long is bid validity?
Bids close on 16 September 2026 and open on 17 September 2026. Validity is 90 days and withdrawal is not allowed once a bid is submitted.
Tender details are summarised for convenience and may change. Always verify the latest dates, terms and documents on the official tendering portal before bidding. DesiMachines is not responsible for changes made by the issuing authority.
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