Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd has invited bids worth Rs1,049 crore to build a 50 MLD sea water desalination plant in the Dholera Special Investment Region, Gujarat, with bids closing on 3 September 2026.
Dholera has been drawing steady construction spend for a few years now, and water is the piece that has to land before the industrial plots fill up. This package puts a 50 million-litre-a-day sea water reverse osmosis plant on the ground, contracted on a Hybrid Annuity Model. At Rs1,049 crore it is among the biggest single water-infrastructure jobs currently open anywhere in the country.
Scope of the job
The contract is for development of a 50 MLD SWRO desalination plant inside DSIR, Dholera. Under HAM, the developer builds the plant against staged payments during construction and then earns annuities linked to performance over the operating term. The concession agreement, schedules and safety handbook are all part of the bid pack, so the commercial reading matters as much as the technical one.
A desalination plant of this size is a civil-heavy build before it is ever a process plant. Intake and outfall works, pump houses, RO halls, chemical dosing buildings, clear water reservoirs, internal roads and a substantial foundation programme on coastal soil all come first. The Gujarat coast near Dholera is flat, saline and low-lying, which usually means ground improvement and careful dewatering.
Who should bid
The lead bidder needs water-treatment process credentials plus the financial strength that HAM demands. Realistically that points to established water EPC firms, often in consortium with a desalination technology partner. Civil contractors and plant owners in Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and the wider Dholera catchment should be looking at the subcontract layer instead: site grading, piling, RCC structures, pipeline laying and the long material haul into DSIR.
Equipment the site will need
Early works run on excavators for intake channels and foundation pits, dozers and motor graders for platform levelling across a large flat site, and soil compactors to prepare the plant area. Piling rigs are likely given coastal ground conditions. Once structures start, a batching plant with transit mixers and concrete pumps carries the RCC programme, while mobile and crawler cranes handle tank shells, RO skids and pipe spools. Tippers move a lot of fill on a site this size.
Key facts
Tender ID
2026_DICDLDhole_327363_1
Reference no.
DICDL/DSIR/DESAL/15/2026-27
Issuing authority
DICDL-Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd. Inviting authority: Managing Director, DICDL
Location
Dholera Special Investment Region, Gujarat
Estimated value
Rs1,049.00 Cr
EMD
Rs10,49,00,000
Tender fee
Rs23,600
Form of contract
Works, on Hybrid Annuity Model (open tender, 180-day bid validity)
Published
24 July 2026
Bids close
3 September 2026
Bid opening
Not specified. (Bid opening place: Managing Director, DICDL, Gandhinagar)
Search by tender ID 2026_DICDLDhole_327363_1 (reference no. DICDL/DSIR/DESAL/15/2026-27) under DICDL-Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd.
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Submit your bid online before 3 September 2026.
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50 MLD, or 50 million litres a day, using sea water reverse osmosis technology inside the Dholera Special Investment Region.
How does the Hybrid Annuity Model work here?
The developer receives a share of the project cost in stages during construction and the balance as annuities over the operating period, tied to plant performance. It splits risk between the authority and the developer, and it means bidders must read the concession agreement as closely as the technical schedules.
What are the EMD and tender fee?
Earnest money is Rs10,49,00,000 and the tender fee is Rs23,600. Bid validity runs 180 days.
Is there scope for local contractors and fleet owners?
Yes, at the subcontract level. Site grading, piling, RCC works, pipeline laying and material haulage are usually packaged out by the main developer, which suits operators working around Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and the Dholera corridor.
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