IIT Bhilai Tender: Hostels, Ten-Storey Residences and Sports Facilities (Rs 447.66 Cr)

Seven buildings, an open air theatre and a sports complex go up on one campus at Durg: RITES has the ₹447.66 crore IIT Bhilai tender open, and it closes at 2:00 PM on 22 October 2026.

Seven blocks and everything around them

The package covers two boys hostels of ground plus five floors, one girls hostel of ground plus five, four residential buildings of ground plus ten, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, an open air theatre and a community centre, together with external development works and engineering services at IIT Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh. RITES Ltd, through its Bilaspur project unit, is the inviting authority, reference 05 / 2026-27 / RITES / ECRPO / PU Bilaspur / IIT BHILAI / Phase-B Part 2 dated 01.10.2026. It is an EPC contract with 720 days.

Four ten-storey residential blocks are the governing item. Above about seven floors the construction method changes: lifting, formwork cycle and concrete logistics start to dictate the programme rather than the trades.

EPC terms on a two-year campus build

The estimate is ₹4,47,65,94,927. The EMD is ₹1,00,00,000, and the portal records exemption as allowed. The tender fee is ₹21,240 and bids open at 2:30 PM on 23 October 2026. The notice went up on 1 October, so the window is nearly closed.

On EPC the contractor carries design along with construction, which on a mixed campus package means coordinating hostel, residential and sports typologies at once. Chhattisgarh has several large packages live, including the Raipur grade separators on NH-53 and the Rowghat Jagdalpur new railway line Package 1.

A lifting problem before a digging problem

Campus builds of this shape need one serious decision early: how many cranes and where. Four G+10 blocks want a tower or crawler crane per cluster, fed by transit mixers from an on-site batching setup, because ready-mix road deliveries cannot sustain a slab cycle across seven buildings. Excavators handle foundations and the service network, and external development, roads, drains, sports grounds and landscaping, keeps backhoe loaders, a motor grader and compactors busy right through the second year.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Government eProcurement System (etenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_RITES_293050_1 (reference no. 05 / 2026-27 / RITES / ECRPO / PU Bilaspur / IIT BHILAI / Phase-B Part 2) under RITES Ltd.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the EPC bid document, the design brief and the schedules, then check eligibility, the ₹1,00,00,000 EMD and the ₹21,240 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 22 October 2026, 2:00 PM.

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